But it's also another myth to think that you should be as tight as a drum and not have any frailties or fragilities.

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done

The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.

What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't.

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

Unless there is within us that which is above us, we shall soon yield to that which is about us.

To be truly great, begin to convert all your passing time into products through hard work.

I would rather live 10 years doing what I Love, than drag through Life 50 years, hating everyday I Live.

I like Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte. I also like the Scottish artist John Byrne, another surrealist.

The wolf must die in his own skin.

To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Lat., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]

If new ideas are the lifeblood of any thriving organisation-and, trust me, they are-managers must learn to revere, not merely tolerate, the people who come up with those ideas.

Of many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot.

The first game of the year is always an in-season adjustment game.

You are wonderful, Father.""I'm more than wonderful, how dare you insult me.