I believe there's only good cinema and bad cinema.
I have worked on very good movies that have been buried, and I've worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces.
I mean, we should only be talking about the merits of film ["Moonlight"] because one of the great things about the visual language is that it is the great equalizer.
A good film is a good film.
If it is a good film, the audience will like it. They will take to it if it is made with a certain amount of integrity.
I don't really care where movies come from as long as they're worth making.
People saw 'Moonlight' because it was excellent.
I think there are just bad films and good films. Period.
I know there is one kind of cinema that exists in the world, that is good or bad cinema.
I don't know if there's ever been a female-driven film or a male-driven film. I don't believe in that. I believe a film is a film - a movie can only work if everything about the film works.
I don't have a favorite genre. I think 'genre' is a literary term. I don't have a favorite kind or type of movie. I like the ones that are good.
Somebody once said, you have to wait 20 years before you can tell if a movie's any good or not so that's probably true.
No film survives because of a big name. If a film has to survive generations, it will survive on its content and craft.
I've always found that no matter how much you spend on a movie - you can spend sixty dollars or sixty million dollars - if the movie's good, it's good.
For me, personally, the value of a film is not determined by a review, but the health of the film is.
This whole business of documentary being a second-class citizen is bullshit. A documentary can be as interesting, as dramatic, as sad, as funny, blah, blah, blah, as a fiction movie. Or it can be as awful as a fiction movie!
No film critic's going to say it, but 'Madagascar 3' is better than 'The Artist.'
We should release films without revealing the director's name, as his or her gender would not be a barometer to watch those films.
I'm not a very big fan of 'Slumdog Millionaire.' I think it's visually brilliant. But I have problems with the story line. I find the storyline unconvincing.
I can't stress it enough that we genuinely love 'The Room.' Like I said, I've seen it more than any other movie that's ever been made, and it gets to a point where if a movie is that watchable, when can we just call it a good movie?
