I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

I think people are universal.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

The artist must manage to make posterity believe that he never existed.

The nature of business is swindling.

My mother liked Jim Reeves. I hated his records. He was unbearable.

I believe there is a champion in all of us.

A lifetime’s work, to try and say one thing that’s true.

Ahimsa is an attribute of the brave. Cowardice and ahimsa don't go together any more that water and fire.

Comedy is something that we can all share, no matter what language we speak or our background, it has the power to unite us all.

I'm so proud to be part of Harry Potter and even prouder to be representing the gingers.

There is something truly restorative, finally comforting, in coming to the end of an illusion - a false hope.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come. And let my liver rather heat with wine, than my heart cool with mortifying groans.