I can't afford to step away from acting, but the one thing I've learnt after all these years is that I don't fit in. It's very difficult to be at the mercy of other people's whims and visions.

I live in a state of hypersensitivity, and I've always had this feeling that something bad is going to happen to myself, or my wife and children. This manifests itself in different fears and visions.

My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at times.

You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.

Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.

What's my dilemma here? Am I making entertainment or am I making art? What am I saying? At the end of the day, cinema is entertainment for millions of people, but for me it's expression.

I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man.

People can very quickly have a very poor self-image. It doesn't take much.

If I was a cynic I would be wondering if sooner or later some charismatic douche-bag might stomp all over this Little House on the Prairie dream of yours.

I'm fundamentally a positive person. Otherwise, I wouldn't be doing some of the insane movies that I do.

Is it [hunting] really a sport if you have all the equipment and your opponent doesn't know a game is going on?

Success comes to those who are willing to launch toward their goals with no guarantees of success - and persist when there is every reason to give up.

Weve got to go [back to the moon]. But we dont want to stay too long. ... The ultimate goal is Mars.

It's definitely part of my job description not to be too fat.

Studios are run by those who are way too old or mostly young, who don't think creatively.

To say a prayer doesn't take more than a minute, but you need the discipline to do it.

You can't change laws without first changing human nature.

The best and sweetest flowers of paradise God gives to His people when they are upon their knees. Prayer is the gate of heaven.