I don't want to redo what I've [just done]. I don't want to retread old ground.

To see great actors bring it all to life us exhilerating

You can have levity in the film because real people look for levity in their lives.

I love the casting process. It's a cliché but I think it's the most important part of the process. I really enjoy it too. I love putting that jigsaw puzzle of people together.

The first time when you can really get a sense of what the movie is going to look and feel like is when you're in a casting room and seeing it.

I'd like to make all different kinds of movies. I don't think it would make sense though for my second film to walk straight into a musical even though I'd like to.

Your life is unlimited because you are blessed with infinite power of love and kindness.

There exist no new mistakes anywhere. The same mistakes people committed are the same mistakes people are committing and the same mistakes shall people commit

I've worked really hard. I could go and by a really expensive watch, but I don't. I still have an allowance and I stick to it. I never go over it and I always put a bit of money away to save.

Sometimes when you make good stuff and you love it, it gets outdated sometimes, because you've held on to it so long, you may not like it like you used to.

What grape to keep its place in the sun, taught our ancestors to make wine?

Little Boy's performance is authentic, natural, moving & inspiring.

I think Paul Martin doesn't mean what he says. He said he would clear this sort of thing up and he didn't do it.

I don't fear death; I welcome it with open arms and a smirk. But until that wondrous day, I will continue to savor and celebrate all those who have graduated before me.

The first requisite of style, not only in rhetoric, but in all compositions, is perspicuity.

Criticism challenges current findings. The effort to defend one's position can lead to deeper insights or consideration of options previously not considered.