I didn’t want the attacks to affect me. I don’t believe you should be led by fear.

Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

The measure of our success will be the condition on which we leave the world for the next generation.

God, I just love baseball.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Storytellers broaden our minds: engage, provoke, inspire, and ultimately, connect us.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that it's all in the story.

Not taking a risk is a risk. That's how I see it.

We move much too fast, and too frequently, to pause to savor landscapes or avoid disfiguring clutter.

The happiest is he who suffers the least pain the most miserable he who enjoys the least pleasure.

Mindful and creative, a child who has neither a past, nor examples to follow, nor value judgments, simply lives, speaks and plays in freedom.

It's very frustrating making a picture in Paris. We work hard all day at the studio to get a love scene just right. Then, on my way home, I see couples on every street corner doing it better.

If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing.

Sisterhood is a funny thing. It's easy to recognize, but hard to define.

A safe pleasure is a tame pleasure.

There are things you don't want to know you can do

Too many people let others stand in their way and don't go back for one more try.

Blessed is the person who sees the need, recognizes the responsibility, and actively becomes the answer.