The tough thing is figuring out what questions to ask, but […] once you do that, the rest is really easy.
It's not rocket science to make a movie.
Chemicals are really simple. You mix a couple things together and sell it for more than the materials cost.
Making new petroleum should be as simple and straightforward as brewing beer.
Bless yourself with holy water, have Masses said, and so on; by a simple and natural process this will make you believe, and will dull you - will quiet your proudly critical intellect.
My music-making process is pretty fun and easy.
Immigration is a good thing. We should make that as easy as possible.
It's pretty easy to make a film in China. A few years ago I just walked into the office and let them know I wanted to make a movie called 'Red Cliff' and they were so excited. They said, 'Let's do it!' It's that simple.
It's easier to add things on to a PC than it's ever been before. It's one click, and boom, it comes down.
For me it's a very organic process. I read the script/hear a narration and pretty much know instantly if it's something I want to be a part of or not. It's really as simple as that.
In my past life, I started Moviefone. One of the reasons that I was drawn to do that was because it was just incredibly annoying to go see a movie when it should be the simplest thing in the world. I lived in New York, and it was really difficult to figure out the show times for a movie playing down the street.
Remember, it's very simple to have an oven tested professionally, and it only takes about five minutes.
I do not over-intellectualise the production process. I try to keep it simple: Tell the damned story.
No politics, no committees, no reports, no referees, no interviews – just highly motivated people picked by a few men of good judgment.
It wasn't easy to adopt an American child. Actually it's quite simple, but finding out how to do it was the hard part.
To cast Mr. Spock, I made a phone call to Leonard, and he came in. That was it.
We're not too top heavy with executives. I don't have to check with New York or L.A. My crew walks in, we talk about something, and either we do it or we don't. There's not a long, drawn out process.
Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add to the old.
You are actually doing something. You are getting into this process without making sure that what you're doing is okay. Things are actually taking place, almost of their own accord, very simply and directly. That is meditation.
I tell young people that the greatest paintings in museums are made with minerals mixed in oil smeared on cloth with the hair from the back of a pig's ear. It's that simple.
You get a checklist, and then you just sort of ride herd on it. It's just a few items on a single sheet of paper.
At the end of the day, you want a straightforward, simple system which everyone understands. If you can get clarity and simplicity in any process, it's better for everybody.
We're going to try to do more to communicate the value of activation to customers in addition to making the process simpler and more consistent.
In a way, cancer is so simple and so natural. The older you get, this is just one of the things that happens as the clock ticks.
You just pick up a chord, go twang, and you're got music.
