“It’s not my job to even know what they mean. My job is to make them. And an audience receiving them ... their interpretation is way more valuable than my own.”

WOODY ALLEN explaining why he doesn’t explain his movies. He is more interested in what the audience thinks. (Okay, that’s fine in principle but I saw “Shadows and Fog” back in 1992 and I’m still trying to figure it out.)

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“I tell actors, You better work out. You’re gonna work hard, run hard and you’re gonna have some bumps and bruises ... You gotta get a little dirty to make it real.”

MICHAEL BAY (The Transformers, Armageddon, The Rock), on how his actors prepare for a role.

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“How do I say ‘don’t take me, take the cameraman.’ “

MORGAN SPURLOCK learns a few simple phrases in Arabic in preparation for his trip to the Middle East to film the documentary “Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?”

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“I called up Isaac Hayes and I told him, There’s no better lovemaking music than HOT BUTTERED SOUL. And if you do it right, y’know, you can time it out and it’s a wonderful night.”

Director CRAIG BREWER (Hustle and Flow, Black Snake Moan) gives Hayes’ classic 1969 LP his highest recommendation.

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“I’ve just got to the point of filming where we’ve got two weeks to go and I’m thinking, I’ve really got it all wrong and I wish I could go back. And I think that’s the testament to a really powerful, complex character, is that there are an infinite number of ways that you could approach her.”

CATE BLANCHETT on the set of 2007’s ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (Blanchett ended up earning an Oscar nomination for her performance in this film.)