Michael Cimino Professions : Director Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by Michael Cimino I have a very simple definition of a good movie: a good movie makes you forget you're watching a movie. Michael Cimino good you simple forget It's one of the things that movies do offer you, despite all of their hardships - they offer you moments of transcendence. Michael Cimino hardships movies you moments All of those years, I felt like 'Heaven's Gate' was a beautiful, fantastically colored balloon tied to a string fastened to my wrist, so the balloon could never fly. Michael Cimino fly never beautiful heaven Nobody lives without making mistakes. Michael Cimino lives mistakes nobody making-mistakes 'Deer Hunter' is a movie; it is not an attempt to write history. Michael Cimino hunter write deer history War is war. Vietnam is no different from the Crusades. Michael Cimino vietnam crusades different war They've said everything about me that they could: racist, Marxist, rightist, homophobic, sex change - I don't know what else they could come up with. Michael Cimino know me change sex Even the details of a rifle, which are nothing but mechanical, if they are made carefully, with attention, become beautiful, satisfying. Michael Cimino nothing details attention beautiful A film maker's energy and creativity don't have to end when he turns over his film. Michael Cimino over end creativity energy I never second-guess myself. Michael Cimino second-guess never myself Every great movie is about the people, even if it's a great popular success like 'Gone With the Wind.' It's really not about the Civil War. It's about Scarlett and Rhett. That's who you go to see. You're not going to root for the North or pull for the South, or, you know, it's the people you remember. Michael Cimino you success war people I feel very, very upset that, when it came time for me to get an Academy Award, that I didn't especially thank Clint Eastwood. Michael Cimino award feel me time Journalism is not writing. Michael Cimino journalism writing I am not a preacher; I'm a reacher. Michael Cimino am i-am preacher I'm a frustrated would-be architect who stumbled into the would-be business of making movies. Michael Cimino making movies who business Making movies is controlled anarchy, chaos. Michael Cimino making movies anarchy chaos I don't believe in defeat. Michael Cimino defeat believe There have been so many false things written about me by people who don't know me. Michael Cimino things know me people If you can't stop somebody from working and making movies that you hate, what's the next best thing? Destroy them personally. Michael Cimino movies best you hate Because people don't see me around a lot, I'm the source of all sorts of rumour. Michael Cimino because see me people Similar Authors Bruce Friedrich director Arthur Penn director Allan Dwan director Bobby Miller director Bertrand Tavernier director Ben Wheatley director All Authors
