Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.
No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.
If military movies were automatically successful we'd make nothing but military movies. But seriously, patriotism is one thing that all Americans have in common.
The world's not a very comfortable place if you have a nightmare to face.
I don't direct movies for a living.
I haven't a clue if there is life on other planets but I'd be charmed if we found a unicellular organism on Mars. It would change our whole concept of life on Earth.