I think movies are getting dumber, actually. Where it used to be 50/50, now it's 3% good, 97% stupid.

Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find?

Blade Runner was the godfather of all these fantastic movies that occur today. What's frustrating is that we're short of really great writing and great ideas. Blade Runner was full of them.

It doesn't matter how much faith you have or don't have [in aliens]. I just don't buy the idea that we're alone. There's got to be some form of life out there.

In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture.

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.

But Gladiator is one of my favourite adventures because I really loved going into the world. I loved creating the world to the degree where you could almost smell it.

Once you crack the script, everything else follows.

Never be put off by anything because failure teaches you something.

Nowadays, everything's evolved into superheroes and it's boring. If I see one more superhero movie I'm going to shoot myself.

The whole process of making movies and writing screenplays is visceral and intuitive.

Good authors worry about genres great authors don't.

Now I know that anytime you see a “no trespassing” sign, it means you’ve got to go in and take a look.

You can find fulfillment in your work, work with all your heart.

Progress - the stride of God!

Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.

Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.

I love the music, but being on the road ain't a piece of cake, but it is real rewarding. You've got to - all those people can't come to my house, so I've got to go out on the road and play for them.

Because I would rather be with my grandfather on Alp than anywhere on earth.

The better voice doesn't mean being a better singer.

I hate plastic surgery. I have a horror of any kind of knife. I don't like it.