I really did Regression to work with Alejandro [Amenabar]. I found him very interesting. His movie, The Others, is one of the better scary movies of the last period of time.

I did one sci-fi movie. I did 'Gattaca.' I liked 'Gattaca' because that was always the kind of science fiction I really dug, the non-action oriented sci-fi.

Life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything.

In New York, you've got Donald Trump, Woody Allen, a crack addict and a regular Joe, and they're all on the same subway car.

Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book is another keyhole from which you can gaze.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.

I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.

There is no trick to writing a believable love story, a heartbreaking scene or real-sounding dialogue. All you need is to tell the truth. It’s always heartbreaking.

The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.

I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.

Neglected but Undefeated I stand today living the life I was told I would never live all because my faith grew.

Better not to be at all Than not to be noble.

There is no easy way to train an apprentice. My two tools are example and nagging.

Most people can't handle a structureless life.

If man has one good memory to go by, that may be enough to save him.

How can a man be said to have a country when he has not right of a square inch of it.

The more you rub a cat on the rump, the higher she sets her tail.

...who we are and what we do it is fundamentally a function of what we remember.

I am an artist and a political being as well.

I believe you [Samuel Alito] and others would look and say that the role of the courts is limited and it's not to decide political matters.