I regard myself as an entertainer much more than an artist.

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

If you don't understand, I'll stay with you until you do.

When you are discouraged, do not look down. Hold your head up high and you will see the face of God shining a light into your dark place.

A true friend is not the one you share laughter with. But the one you share laughter and sorrow with.

My chest expanded and I suddenly wanted to beat on it with my fist. The girl was making me go all caveman." -Marcus Hardy

There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations--these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat.

The models for me were more the folk-rock singers of the '60s and '70s.

The surest way to be deceived is to consider oneself cleverer than others.

I have always believed helping your fellow man is profitable in every sense, personally and bottom line.

...he who always hopes for the best becomes old, deceived by life, and he who is always prepared for the worst becomes old prematurely; but he who has faith, retains eternal youth.

I got love for my brother but we can never go nowhere unless we share with each other.