Quotes About Autonomy

I'm really fortunate because, in my career, I haven't had to deal with anybody trying to make me something I'm not.

I'm fortunate enough that I don't have to accept every movie that comes along.

I have actually been very fortunate to be able to make films on my own credit card without having huge funders behind me dictating how the story should be told.

I never found anyone who could look after me as well as I could look after myself.

When you're in a single-parent home, they try to give you a good foundation, but by the time you're 4 or 5 years old, from that point on you're pretty much on your own.

Fox has always allowed us to be ourselves. They've never told us what we can say, what to say, what not to say.

I don't live in France; I live in myself.

Never sell, never franchise.

I think everybody goes off and does their own vision. And I don't take responsibility for other people's work, frankly. It's bad enough taking responsibility for my own.

I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.

I'm not a control freak in that like I boss everybody around, but like a control freak and like, I like knowing exactly what I get to do that day and having a say.

You've got to trust people. And because I am a control freak, sometimes that's difficult for me, because I want to micro-manage absolutely everything. I can't hand over. But I'm trying to do that more.

I'm an awful control freak at times when it comes to production and stuff like that.

I say I'm not a control freak and I don't like to be in charge. But on the other hand, I really don't like anyone telling me what to do. I have some authority issues.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

That's part of free agency. You can go where you want at the end of the day.

This is not supposed to be a fascist country, where you are forced to do things you don't want to do. This is a free country.

Why, in our 'free' country, do Americans meekly stand aside and let the state limit our choices, even when we are dying?

This is a free country, and to each their own.

I've been a free man.

You are free to choose what you want to make of your life. It's called free agency or free will, and it's your birthright.

In the free world, your days pass very quickly because you have so many things to do, and you're in control of your life.

The more liberty you give away the more you will have.

Freedom is not negotiable.