Michael De Luca Quotes

I have to tell everyone that when I finish a film and it goes out and is released, I never look at my films again. I don't like looking back. I don't even like talking about 'em! So I'm really digging back in my memory because I don't like to sit and look at my films again.

Steven Spielberg was a huge part of my childhood, like everyone's, I guess.

I'd love to work with Woody Allen.

I would love to work with Martin Scorsese.

Warner Bros. is just this amazing historic studio that does great movies.

Because I direct films, I have to live in a major English-speaking production center. That narrows it down to three places: Los Angeles, New York and London. I like New York, but it's inferior to London as a production center. Hollywood is best, but I don't like living there.

When I heard I'd be working with Scorsese, I signed up immediately.

I just wanted to work with David Lynch.

I'm thrilled I got to work with James Ponsoldt, who is going to make his mark on this industry.

I did my first film with Francis Ford Copploa, which spoiled the hell out of me.

Our professor was Marty Scorsese. Marty was a graduate student, or Mr. Scorsese, which is what I had to call him, and still do when I see him 'cause he gave me a C.

Who needs MGM? Who needs any of these places?

When I made 'The Notebook,' the director, Nick Cassavetes, who is John's son, used to show me his father's movies.

For me, growing up in Indiana with cornfields and churches, I was always very intrigued by the Academy Awards - they were a big event. That was the one night of the year when all of the glittering movie stars got together, and I used to love that night because, as a child, it was a way to dream for me.

I would love to work with Christopher Nolan, 100 percent.

The second-grade films - where are they? No more are they made, and yet they were by far the best films for holding hands at, and wasn't this always the main purpose of the cinema?

I remember, after 'Tumbleweeds,' my friend and I wrote 'Pride and Glory.' I was just about to get it going. I had some really great actors attached, and New Line was going to make the movie, and 9/11 happened. And it was over. By September 12, it was over. And rightfully so. I understood that.

There's a lot of directors I'd still love to work with - one of them is Spielberg, because he kind of started my career, and I've not worked with him yet.

I have, indeed, lived most of my life overseas, but I've returned repeatedly to work in film, special television productions, and the New York theater. There have also been tributes and similar occasions that have called me back to Hollywood. I've returned so often, I almost feel that I've never left.

I was lucky enough to work a little bit with Steven Spielberg.

Terry Malick offered me three parts in 'The Thin Red Line.' I was busy shooting other movies while he asked me the first two.

It was fun working with Will Smith; it was fun working with Alex Proyas, who is another sci-fi guy with 'Dark City.'

I class myself with Rin Tin Tin. People in the Depression wanted something to cheer them up, and they fell in love with a dog and a little girl.

If I'd been an actor in the 1940s, I would have been in fashion.

Oh my God. Brian De Palma. I love him.