[On Raging Bull (1980)]: "[Robert De Niro] wanted to make this film. Not me. I don`t understand anything about boxing. For me, it`s like a physical game of chess."
Martin Scorsese
[pitching the proposal for Mononoke-hime (1997)] There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans. However, even in the middle of hatred and killings, there are things worth living for. A wonderful meeting, or a beautiful thi...
Hayao Miyazaki
[Recalling a period he went through when he was 18]: I watched Raging Bull (1980) like 50 times. I wanted to be Italian. For a year I was Italian; that`s all I did. I could do all that New York street stuff to the point where I would get feedback from my ...
Sam Rockwell
[to producer `Irwin Winkler`, recounted in Peter Biskind`s book "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls"] Remember me? I used to be Peter Bogdanovich.
Peter Bogdanovich
Standing, as I believe the United States stands for humanity and civilization, we should exercise every influence of our great country to put a stop to that war which is now raging in Cuba and give to that island once more peace, liberty, and independence...
Henry Cabot Lodge
I wanted Raging Bull. I wanted Casino. I got Rocky and Bullwinkle. But that`s OK, because I still get to tell people I`ve worked with Robert DeNiro.
Rene Russo