I listen to and I play all kinds of music, and I'm interested in jazz and in bluegrass - I like it all - but Cuban music speaks to me in a certain way.

If you want to experiment, do something temporary.

You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

It's important, when going after a goal, to never lose sight of the integrity of the journey.

She is Cuba. If you want to love her, you have to be with her, but you can't be with her in her current state. It's the point of view of all exiles - you have to leave the thing you cherish most.

I think good chemistry starts with mutual respect.

Children need parameters, know what's right or wrong.

A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.

Great writing attracts great actors. It attracts money. Without a great script, you have nothing.

I wish we didn't have to tell this story.

Becoming a producer enables you to empower yourself, to make the film that you want to make. I have desires to make movies - I have movies I'm developing, and things that I'm interested in.

Most parents don't know really their children.

Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who would learn to believe that God actually controls all things.

Sam: You know what I wish? Cassel: What? Sam: That someone would covert my bed into a robot that would fight other bed robots to the death for me.

It's hard to do nothing because you tend to do something and then you have to drop everything.

It's never too late to reach for happiness and no matter what life has done to you, it's never too late to find it.

When How Green Was My Valley finally wrapped, I thought John Ford was a walking god.

I don't even want to be president!

I lived in Rome for about five or six months during Life Aquatic.

Don't try to change the package more than you try and change the product.

A few drops sprinkled on the torch of love make the flame blaze the brighter.