I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.

Editing feels almost like sculpting or a form of continuing the writing process.

Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.

I think it's a terrible shame that politics has become show business.

I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way.

But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.

I have one life. I am a certain age. I'm married to one person. I have a certain number of children. I won't have another life other than that, but I do have many lives through the films.

I mean, the truth of the matter is, I like the failures as much as I like the successes, it's only the world that doesn't like the failures.

Making films is much more difficult than people imagine, and so the experience of actually directing them is not one I've ever relished.

One wants to be able to experience being other people, remaking a reality, remaking a life, remaking a certain world.

There's a religious basis to their [Bush and Chaney] kind of conservatism. It's rooted in a kind of fundamentalism. I'm afraid of that. I don't like that idea. I think all extremism is suspect.

The truth between two people always cuts two ways.

Learn to be comfortable in your own skin despite what you see and hear.

When you focus on your travel path, you will observe a divine power, guiding every step of the journey.

I am one of those people who are blessed ... with a nature which has to interfere. If I see a thing that needs doing I do it.

If we are to better the future we must disturb the present.

A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation

I did Scottish footballer of the year this year, attempted to do some comedy at that. Not the brightest people in the world. There were seven O-Levels in that room, and they were all mine.

What's important to have is a president that's focused on jobs, the economy, giving our children a better future and keeping our nation strong and safe.

It's service, not status, that counts.

I find that the British audience listens and they accept the performer for its value, value as a singer, as a vocalist, value as a performer. You're only accepted if you're good.