I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles.

One of the most amazing locations I've ever been is the top of the volcano in Tanzania, Africa. It's an actual volcano where you really have this lava every day.

Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her.

I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life.

We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie.

It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive.

I really believe action will always be there and will never disappear.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting.

Summer movies are spectacles; that's what you pay 10 dollars to see. You want to get teased by effects sometimes. I think that will never stop.

Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing.

The Study of philosophy is not that we may know what men have thought, but what the truth of things is.

This universe is a dancing stage for consciousness.

Looking for positives is always wise in any situation that you may encounter.

Praise the green earth. Chance has appointed her home, workshop, larder, middenpit. Her lousy skin scabbed here and there by cities provides us with name and nation.

Behind every problem in your life is a rich blessing.

I began writing in the 4th grade. As a matter of fact, I produced a play for the entire school. It was about Leif Ericson and the discovery of America.

I'm an American playwright. Tennessee Williams got in all our DNA.

Tell my father I wish to be his son.

I'll preach anywhere. If it's a round trip ticket to preach in hell, I'll take it-as long as it's round trip.

Travelling. ... when men of sober age travel, they gather knowlege which they may apply usefully for their country