Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects. But sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things.

Opportunities are often things you haven't noticed the first time around.

I get irritated, nervous, very tense or stressed, but never bored.

I think the clothes in Belle de Jour are very important to the style of the film. Even today, it is still timeless.

It's always difficult to play a scene of physical violence because you're always afraid that you don't know your own strength and might hurt someone.

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.

Love is suffering. One side always loves more.

You can express a lot of things, a lot of action without speaking.

I like all these little animals that run and eat and hide all the time. I like their faces, They seem to be scared and curious at the same time.

That's what I like about film-it can be bizarre, classic, normal, romantic. Cinema is to me the most versatile thing.

People have always thought of me as someone who's very classical,when in fact I've led a rather unconventional life.

Sometimes the best way to find what you really desire in life is to stop looking for it.

What if all religions were stories, and all stories were true.

You pierce me with a look, a word, a gesture. And yet those same weapons could shield me from hurt if you so choose.

As someone who flew two space capsules and twice landed in the ocean, I can attest from personal experience how much logistics work is needed to get you home.

One thing you have got to do politically is to identify the ties that bind society together and try to strengthen them.

I want to make clear that we respect the role of government in our legal andeconomic system.

If the person laughs well, they are a good person.

Let me tell you what the Tea Party stands for. It stands for the fact that we are taxed enough already.

The best thing about the sciences is their philosophical ingredient, like life for an organic body. If one dephilosophizes the sciences, what remains left? Earth, air, and water.

I'm not white. Why should I care about the future of white societies