I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

Wonder is our need today, not information.

I believe that people who are devoutly religious, within any specific religion, have no true respect for the ultimate vastness that is God.

He thought to himself, I’ll never be this perfect again, an idea that made him sad.

I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father.

A library is a place full of mouth-watering food for thought.

Use me then, my Saviour for whatever purpose and whatever way thou mayest require. Here is my poor heart, and empty vessel; fill it with Thy Grace.

One of the marks of a great poet is that he creates his own family of words and teaches them to live together in harmony and to help one another.

I was gravely warned by some of my female acquaintances that no woman could expect to be regarded as a lady after she had written a book.

It’s short-sighted to think ads won’t one day end up wherever humans are - even the moon.

To people in my industry I'm usually a guy that tries to generate his own projects and I remain very elusive when people try and attach me to big projects.

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.