I'm moved by people who see the world differently than others. People who see the world with a longing for its poetry often can be broken people.

Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly.

I love to rescue animals.... The pounds were so crowded they were putting animals down almost immediately. Seven thousand dogs were put to sleep.

I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket.

The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour

If my career were a hairstyle, it would be helmet-head.

Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about

We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that

What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?

You don't have to run away from life your whole life. You can really live. You can change. And you can be an agent of change.

There is so much in the world to care about.

I'm as cruel as life. As cruel as love.

All the papers that matter live off their advertisements, and the advertisers exercise an indirect censorship over news.

It is so easy to have our eyes opened, but then close them again, pretend it never happened, and go back to doing what has always been done.

You should never reveal your true age.

The great thing is to be found at one's post as a child of God, living each day as though it were our last, but planning as though the world might last a hundred years.

You can never understand one language until you understand at least two.

I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world.

Retire for what? What would I do? I made my name as a person that is helping. I'm like Moses in the music business.

Often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

In highly charged political matters, one person's ambiguity may be another person's truth.