At least Satan fell; he has a history, and it's one of revenge.

I've been trying to find a redeeming feature to Palpatine, and the only one I've got so far is that he's clearly a patron of the arts because he goes to the opera.

Consistency is very important when you're making films.

I think the greatest thing about being an actor is that you can become other people. ... You have the opportunity to explore ... alternative ways of living for a brief time.

Serious work gets done ... in congenial surroundings, which tend to make you laugh.

There were a number of people who helped me get there, and the one I always mention is Michael Byrne, the great master swordsman and brilliant stunt double.

If you're any kind of artist, you've got to ... keep opening yourself to new possibilities.

That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.

I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.

Im the blackest villain of all time.

When George asked me to be the prequels, it was the same kind of meeting - it was very short and to the point. It was nice to see him after a long time, and we met in a hotel room.

Sometimes it's not that you "fell out of love" it's that you finally came to the realization that you were never truly "in love" to begin with.

All choices are fraught with peril, but inaction is the most perilous of all.

We passed the hash pipe and played our Doors tapes.

Waiting for a long-term solution to immigration reform will not make Americans safer.

As I am, so are others as others are, so am I. Having thus identified self and others, harm no one nor have them harmed.

My passion for fashion borders on insanity.

The problem of making the inner meet the outer of today is, of course, the function of the artist.

Good taste is the enemy of comedy.

We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we take these things for granted.

With every movie I do and every day I go to work, my goal is not just to reach for difference, but also figure out how to look at world and characters in a different way.