Conspires Quotes

I`m an optimist. I hope if a movie`s good that it will be a success, but as we know, that`s not always true, just because of popular taste, advertising, distribution patterns, there`s lots of reasons. When something doesn`t do better than it deserves to in your mind, it`s pretty transparent, you usually know why. Is that a comfort? Yes, because it`s logical. Does it make you happy? No, because if you think a movie is beautiful or interesting, you want to share it. It`s really true; there`s no accounting for taste. Sometimes you make very interesting movies that aren`t meant for everybody. But this is a capitalist society, so everything conspires to put value on whether it sells or not. While we have a very strong popular culture, the roots of our culture are very shallow, and we put emphasis on how a movie does as far as the box office goes. Many years ago, it would have been vulgar to print box-office grosses in the paper. Now The New York Times does it, and it`s the big story for people interested in arts and entertainment on Monday. Which is why emphasis has shifted away from filmmakers and fallen on movie stars and business people.

It`s a chicken and egg situation you`ve got to get name actors in order to get the finance, and in order to get the name actors you`ve got to bullshit that you`ve got the finance, while all the time you feel the whole thing could just unravel, the wheels come off the pram, everything conspires to make you sink into a pit of self-pity and despair.

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.