Everybody has something that chews them up and, for me, that thing was always loneliness. The cinema has the power to make you not feel lonely, even when you are.

We are still in the position of waking up and having a choice. Do I make the world better today somehow, or do I not bother?

And I'm not apolitical - I'm very specific in my politics. But a lot of the time it's nobody's business unless you're over at my house having dinner.

Movie-making is telling a story with the best technology at your disposal.

Never give up because you never know what the tide will bring in the next day.

If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.

It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together ... and I knew it.

The only way you can truly control how you are seen is by being honest all the time.

I think it's better to feel good than to look good.

A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.

If things were easy to find, they wouldn’t be worth finding.

The Gift of Life is a Treasure. Some fill it with Pressure . . . some with Pleasure!-RVM

Freedom is first of all a responsibility before the God from whom we come.

The best way to get started on the path of sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning it in front of others.

Never look a gift lion in the mouth.

Many players will not improve because they cannot bear self-knowledge.

You never want your second act or the whole movie to just be this relentless march towards its goal. You want things to take the audience by surprise.

The amateurs discuss tactics: the professionals discuss logistics

You can't please everybody, Microsoft. So stop trying.

We thought the hard part was over—but we were wrong. Living is the hardest part. Figuring out how to live your life when you’re all busted up inside and out—there is nothing harder.

I just do what I want to do without hurting other people and you know, I wish other people would do the same.