I've heard directing talked about as being a benign dictatorship, and I think that's probably the best way a director should be. They're open to collaboration and feedback from people, but ultimately, it's got to be that one person's vision. That's what I think makes a film really stand out.


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I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explai...
VAN JONES
I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and a...
JACK JONES
I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get...
JACK JONES
Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person.
JACK JONES
I particularly like Hershey's chocolate, the kind which has almonds in it.
JACK JONES
When people say to me, 'What do you think of rap music?', my answer is, 'There's no ...
JACK JONES
I never thought I was going to be a singer. That was an accident.
GRACE JONES
I have a weakness for watches. I have to stop myself buying more.
TOM JONES
Fog and smog should not be confused and are easily separated by color.
CHUCK JONES
I always have a positive reaction to Times Square - you've got so many people passing through he...
DHANI JONES
I just go with the flow, I follow the yellow brick road. I don't know where it's going to le...
GRACE JONES
I like dressing like a guy. I love it. When I was modeling I used to do pictures where I would dress...
GRACE JONES
I want to see as many black professionals as possible.
ORLANDO JONES
Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a persona...
ORLANDO JONES
Belly was not a bad movie. It was visually very interesting.
ORLANDO JONES
I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making...
ORLANDO JONES
That was one of the things that interested me about the character. He doesn't want to be a hero,...
ORLANDO JONES
Most of my friends between 21 and 31 are at different stages of figuring out what the hell they are ...
ORLANDO JONES
You give the guy an Image Award three years in a row and then turn on him like that? If that's t...
ORLANDO JONES
You cannot get an A if you're afraid of getting an F.
QUINCY JONES
I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just c...
QUINCY JONES
I only hope that one day, America will recognize what the rest of the world already has known, that ...
QUINCY JONES
It's amazing how much trouble you can get in when you don't have anything else to do.
QUINCY JONES
I have all the tools and gadgets. I tell my son, who's a producer, 'You never work for the m...
QUINCY JONES
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
QUINCY JONES
I'm Pisces with Leo rising. The Pisces part is the dreamer. The Leo says, 'Let's execute...
QUINCY JONES
I didn't understand key signatures or anything, you know. I'd say silly things at the top of...
QUINCY JONES
Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white p...
QUINCY JONES
We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probab...
QUINCY JONES
I lost my mother when I was 7 and they put her in a mental hospital. My brother and I watched her be...
QUINCY JONES
Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it&#...
QUINCY JONES
A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top ...
QUINCY JONES
Music in movies is all about dissonance and consonance, tension and release.
QUINCY JONES
I don't ever want to grow up. That's boring.
QUINCY JONES
I've never been bored in my life, man. I've never been bored or lonely. Are you kidding? No ...
QUINCY JONES
I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long t...
QUINCY JONES
You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
QUINCY JONES
I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of al...
QUINCY JONES
I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed,...
QUINCY JONES
Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable.
QUINCY JONES
Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.
LESLIE JONES
In 'Hell Ride,' I play a biker - it's about the bikers. It's with Dennis Hopper and ...
VINNIE JONES
It was very painful combing my hair. My grand-uncle was a Pentecostal bishop, and he was very strict...
GRACE JONES
I like men. I like the sound of their voices, the way they think. They're more sensitive than wo...
CAROLYN JONES
I have to think as Bugs Bunny, not of Bugs Bunny.
CHUCK JONES
The racing bug is never going to go away. It's like the Mafia.
DAVY JONES
You wouldn't want to see the size of the check that I would write if it would for sure get the D...
JERRY JONES
The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young...
KELLY JONES
When you wear a bow tie, doors open for you. Your posture is a little more erect; your shoulders are...
DHANI JONES
The good, old-fashioned family can help. Students learn by example, and if their parents, aunts, unc...
AL JONES
That's a worry, because we have seen the intensity of students playing video games, watching TV more...
AL JONES
It's the personal, intimate nature of books. It's hard to curl up with a computer.
AL JONES