I get so used to working with writers that my prime occupation is development.

Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?

Blade Runner was the godfather of all these fantastic movies that occur today. What's frustrating is that we're short of really great writing and great ideas. Blade Runner was full of them.

It doesn't matter how much faith you have or don't have [in aliens]. I just don't buy the idea that we're alone. There's got to be some form of life out there.

In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture.

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.

But Gladiator is one of my favourite adventures because I really loved going into the world. I loved creating the world to the degree where you could almost smell it.

Once you crack the script, everything else follows.

Never be put off by anything because failure teaches you something.

Nowadays, everything's evolved into superheroes and it's boring. If I see one more superhero movie I'm going to shoot myself.

The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.

He had just about enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.

Ieder beest bidt op zijn manier.

A person may learn things all their life, but never gain knowledge of truth.

Power does not justify sin. Power is not virtue. Virtue is that which lasts inspite of power

I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think.

Love the life you have while you create the life of your dreams. Don't think you have to wait for the latter to do the former.

I think it's a room full of insecure actors, which is ultimately very comforting.

I will continue to make mistakes and hope to be forgiven so I have to treat people the same way I want to be treated.

The struggle for freedom and justice is now.

Trying to always be the nice guy, to appear good, can be limiting. Avoiding confrontation has closed up a number of possibilities for me.