I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision

Being a father, being a friend, those are the things that make me feel successful.

The perfection in theater is that it's over the second it's done

The Alexander Technique has helped me to undo knots, unblock energy and deal with almost paralysing stage fright

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.

What's really frustrating with movies is the lack of improvement.

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

People who have expertise or the luck to have rehearsal time with cameras have it over people who don't.

It just seems like that because I do a lot of independent films that don't get to the mainstream.

In the big scheme of things, a little love is all we need

In that eternity of his, where everybody will be happy, how could he feel the lack of her, the loss of her?

I shall strive not to be guilty of adding any fuel to the flames of hatred and passion which, if continued to be fed, promise to burn up whatever is left by the war of decent human feeling in Europe.

The anger of a person who is strong, can always bide its time.

I'm not a kiss-and-teller. I never named names.

Flirtation is a circulating library, in which we seldom ask twice for the same volume.

I don't believe in elitism. I don't think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.

I hoped Lissa remained the only one with a surprise sibling.

I can take credit for only two things: pride and sin.

There is also a schedule to fashion - the deadline is always set. So maybe the fashion business is a good business for me in that way because I'm basically lazy, man.