Ira Quotes

“I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.”

“Movies are romantic fantasies.”

“I never realized before this the emotional power of some really simple, corny tropes: people with top hats, people with batons, confetti going off, how important it is to smile.”

“I hate dream sequences in movies and T.V. shows generally for their heavy-handed symbolism and storytelling tediousness.”

“I remember being a teenager and seeing Seymour Cassel across a crowded room and being incredibly star struck, and not having the courage to say, 'Hello.'”

“I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.”

“Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.”

“There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.”

“A song without music is a lot like H2 without the O.”