"I think people are universal."

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"Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting."

Acting, Actors, Careers, Risk

"My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story."

Love, Actors, First, Instinct

"In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them."

Movies, Hate, Past, Pretty

"I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light."

Destiny, Light, Name, Skill

"I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures."

Thought, Character, Film, First

"I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama."

Appreciation, American, Drama, Romantic, Space

"Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing."

Now, Writing

"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this."

Development, Production

"Usually with this genre the first thing that happens is a good fight sequence to show that you're in good hands. So we broke that rule. I think a lot of that comes from the western audience."

Fight, First

"I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans."

Film, Americans, Population, World

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"I felt that a number of people might have questioned my loyalty, but I continue to be a patriotic American."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

People, Loyalty

"I expect more people from China and Asia to end up in the NBA."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

People, End

"As a parent, I have a job as a role model to my children, and by extension, to other young people."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American Athlete

People, Children, Job

"I think you will see a lot of strains develop in the political process that will result in violence everywhere in the country - but it's controllable, it's workable and it will lead to a much better future for these people."

John Abizaid, American Soldier

People, Country, Future, Result

"But all that having been said, you can't, in a city of a million people like Karbala, or 5 million like Baghdad, you can't be in all places at all times."

John Abizaid, American Soldier

People,

"It's also natural in that part of the world to blame what people view as the... as the most important authority in the region, and that currently is the United States of America."

John Abizaid, American Soldier

People, America, Authority, Blame

"But doing what I do, you will never get unanimity of people."

Dan Abrams, American Journalist

People, Will

"I read our emails every day and I know there are people out there who think I'm awful."

Dan Abrams, American Journalist

People, Day

"I'm not going to let people get away with either a dishonest or inaccurate premise to what we're talking about because I think that does the viewer a disturbance."

Dan Abrams, American Journalist

People, Talking

"Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do."

Dan Abrams, American Journalist

People, Hope