I'll probably never win an Oscar, but I'll sure have a lot of fun! I really believe that movies are the great escape.

I never felt comfortable with myself, because I was never part of the majority. I always felt awkward and shy and on the outside of the momentum of my friends' lives.

All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.

I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living.

Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive.

Our one goal is to give the world a taste of peace, friendship and understanding. Through the visual arts, the art of celebration of life.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.

Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.

The world would be a poorer place without Doctor Who.

Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.

I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back.

It's received wisdom that the English are uniquely child-unfriendly.

Positive emotions are not trivial luxuries, but instead might be critical necessities for optimal functioning.

You don't get lucky in sport.

We live in a country where John Lennon takes eight bullets, Yoko Ono is walking right beside him and not one hits her. Explain that to me!

I will never sit down with Gerry Adams . . . he'd sit with anyone. He'd sit down with the devil. In fact, Adams does sit down with the devil.

Things started to get out of control when I began reading that I was a superstar.

I have kiddingly called it the 'Super Bowl,' which obviously can be improved upon.

To be free, to be happy and to be fruitful, can only be attained through sacrifice of many common but overestimated things.

We are embedded in the great evolutionary story of planet Earth, the spare, elegant process of mutation and selection and bricolage. And this means that we are anything but alone.

If you can't get emotional about what you believe in your heart, you're in the wrong business.