I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth.

I'm not a very gregarious person. I can't bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed.

Presents don't really mean much to me. I don't want to sound mawkish, but - it was the realization that I have a great many people in my life who really love me, and who I really love.

Nobody knows anybody. Not that well.

I think there's a bit of the devil in everybody. There's a bit of a priest in everybody, too, but I enjoyed playing the devil more. He was more fun.

And then, I suppose, there's also a cinematic reality on top of that. Because it was extremely difficult to keep tabs on, it was quite confusing acting that.

I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.

The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep your marketability going to the extent that people will employ you.

I called Kevin Spacey one day about something else, but he didnt say to me calm down, like The New York Times said. Because I was not deranged.

It's actually pretty complex, because there's two levels of reality in the narrative. One is what really took place, and the other is Spider's poisoned version of what took place.

What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No big deal. I've reached a stage in my life where I am content.

Maybe the books can get us half out of the cave. They just might stop us from making the same damm insane mistakes!

Their story, yours, mine - it's what we all carry with us on this trip we take, and we owe it to each other to respect our stories and learn from them.

I don't like phones. You can't be sure people are paying attention to you when you're talking to them.

Your law always does more harm than crime, and your morality is a form of violence.

Listening is not a displacement for leadership. You have to have leadership.

We cannot handle injustice by finding more ways to impose what is in fact "right" on people. It has to come from the inside. And that's where the church should be working.

Man is Creation's masterpiece. But who says so?

Sports are my life. It is my life but it's also how I earn a living.

No other practice will make one more attractive in conversation than to be well-read in a variety of subjects.

I'm one of those guys who likes to piddle around in the garage and fix stuff.