I much prefer to work with dead writers, and ones who were writing four hundred years ago.

If you cast your supporting cast well, it should be seamless. You shouldn't even notice who's a big part and who's a small part. A good cast enriches everything.

People grow and change and develop through their experiences, so ultimately you have to go with what's in the room - the feeling you get from them and what the camera picks up.

When Shakespeare doesn't feel like Shakespeare, it's the best.

There's nothing like a great piece of theater - a great performance in a great piece of theater.

Have we ever thought that being lost is our destination?

Silence is a source of great strength.

These days you're not just competing with the tedium, you're competing with the cellphone.

Most people that work in [show] business, if they're not gypsies by nature, become gypsies, just because of the reality of this business.

Do ye not understand?"he said, in near desparation. "I would lay the world at your feet, Claire-and I have nothing to give ye!" He honestly thought it mattered.

Love isn't a state of perfect caring. It is an active noun like struggle. To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.

Color don't tell if people Black. It's the soul.

People ask me what book politicians should read. They should read the life of Mahatma Gandhi.

I'm an optimist, so I believe in some sort of life after death; I don't know what kind.

All Religions. All This Singing. One Song. Peace Be With You.