I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

Cat lovers turn into cat collectors.

When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

She is such a scene-stealer. She's got these lashes and big eyes, and when she walks on to the set everybody just says "ooh."

I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.

If you're working on a movie, you want it to be projected on the largest tapestry possible, and the sound to be perfect, and for that kind of communal experience of the movies to take place for it.

I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.

We all have to lead double lives, not just celebrities. The face we put on publicly with our jobs and certain situations. I think that's part of the human condition.

Never allow negative energy to dominate the pleasures of an experience

Sometimes I wonder what magic encircles all of us, what we could do if we were sensitive enough to unearth it.

[W]e are none of us very good at silence. It says too much.

Divorce is a fire exit. When a house is burning, it doesn’t matter who set the fire. If there is no fire exit, everyone in the house will be burned!

The merit of persons is to be no rule of our charity, but we are to do acts of kindness to those that least deserve it.

I never go anywhere and encourage people to get married to someone of the same gender or to have abortions - the issue never comes up.

The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus.

I have an appetite for silence.

With [Fred] Zinnemann I did A Man For All Seasons. He was my screen godfather. I'm happy to say he was.

Why are young adults so self-centered and always seeking instant gratification? Because older adults, often in positions of power, paint them that way.