I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz. I grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.

The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.

You are the architect of your own loneliness.

I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.

When I put something into motion, the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed. I'm just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I'll die.

People love seeing people trying to change stuff.

I actually had less time and the exact same budget on Hairspray, which was few years ago and this is a much bigger movie [then Rock of Ages]. That's the way studios do it now.

I'm addicted to directing!

I will never lose anything that an audience will miss.I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.

I'm living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.

Reality also is that there are a lot of gaps, there are a lot of business in between the iconic things.

I have found more inspiration in the cottages of fishermen than in the palaces of the rich.

The book was blunt and had an honesty about it, whereas the movie was just a beautiful lie.

Some parents bring their children up and, I suppose, others let them down.

Live your dreams. Dare to be you.

The way to get started is to take the first step with dream-powered optimism.

A good father does these basic things: provides for his family, protects his family, and gives spiritual and moral guidance.

Sit around the bars, talked to people, ate in the restaurants, and chatted with the old ladies on the street. Fishermen are pretty much that way.

Palaeontological research exhibits, beyond question, the phenomenon of provinces in time, as well as provinces in space.

We are the makers of our own state and...individuals who realize the fact need not, ought not, to wait for collective action.

Love is not greedy or self-seeking, but pure, faithful and genuinely free, open to others, respectful of their dignity, seeking their good, radiating joy and beauty.