How dare we continue to show this kind of mass destruction in movies, (Robert Altman)
What's a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority. (Robert Altman)
If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France. (Robert Altman)
No other filmmaker has gotten a better shake than I have I never had to direct a film I didn't choose and develop. Eleven years ago, I had a heart transplant. I got the heart of a young woman who is in her late 30s. So by that calculation, you may be giving me this award too early, because I think I've got 40 years left, and I intend to use them. (Robert Altman)
And I said, 'You know, we should do your show, and you should write it. Because it's your humor, it's your sensibility. It's not mine.' And I've tried very hard to do his stuff rather than my own, (Robert Altman)
Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people. (Robert Altman)
The movies set the pattern, and these people have copied the movies, (Robert Altman)
Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes. (Robert Altman)
No filmmaker has gotten a better shake than I have. By that calculation, you may be giving this award too early. Because I think I've got about 40 years left and I intend to use them. (Robert Altman)
It's a variety show. We wrote it as we went along. As we were casting people, he was rewriting constantly. This guy's a genius. We deferred to each other. He's been in charge of himself and his show for 30 years and so have I. So we suddenly had a monster with two heads. (Robert Altman)
We're not against each other. They sell shoes and I make gloves. (Robert Altman)
It's all just one film to me. Just different chapters. (Robert Altman)
Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. Youre wise if you dont stick your finger in the light plug. Love -- youll stick your finger in anything. (Robert Altman)
And I said, 'No. You either give this film back to me, or you don't.' I said, 'I've gone through that, I've gone through all this collaboration process.' And they gave it back to me, and I finished the film and delivered it to them. (Robert Altman)
Every time we try to turn the lights up, they say, 'Turn 'em down' (Robert Altman)