Author: Michael Cimino

Quotes

I'm a frustrated would-be architect who stumbled into the would-be business of making movies.

I'm a frustrated would-be architect who stumbled into the would-be business of making movies.

- Michael Cimino

I have a very simple definition of a good movie: a good movie makes you forget you're watching a movie.

I have a very simple definition of a good movie: a good movie makes you forget you're watching a movie.

- Michael Cimino

What distinguishes Vilmos Zsigmond from other cinematographers is, of course, talent but, more, physical stamina. You just can't be great without it.

What distinguishes Vilmos Zsigmond from other cinematographers is, of course, talent but, more, physical stamina. You just can't be great without it.

- Michael Cimino

I was a child prodigy. Like Michelangelo, who could draw a perfect circle at age five. I was extremely gifted. I could paint a perfect portrait of someone at age five.

I was a child prodigy. Like Michelangelo, who could draw a perfect circle at age five. I was extremely gifted. I could paint a perfect portrait of someone at age five.

- Michael Cimino

I wish I was making movies back in the days when John Ford made movies and you were a director under contract to a studio. John Ford had years when he made three movies in a year.

I wish I was making movies back in the days when John Ford made movies and you were a director under contract to a studio. John Ford had years when he made three movies in a year.

- Michael Cimino

If you can't stop somebody from working and making movies that you hate, what's the next best thing? Destroy them personally.

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

All one has to do is look at old footage of the firebombing of Dresden during World War II and think of the people beneath those bombs. It's horrific.

All one has to do is look at old footage of the firebombing of Dresden during World War II and think of the people beneath those bombs. It's horrific.

- Michael Cimino

Family politics are worse than world politics. That's all I can say. You don't get to choose your family; you get to choose your friends. Your family is imposed upon you.

Family politics are worse than world politics. That's all I can say. You don't get to choose your family; you get to choose your friends. Your family is imposed upon you.

- Michael Cimino

Making movies is controlled anarchy, chaos.

Making movies is controlled anarchy, chaos.

- Michael Cimino

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