I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.

We need Netflix. We in the independent sector more than anybody need Netflix, because they care about what we do.

Some people handle sweets better.

I learned what I really love is making films, not the film business. I want to be on the set, meeting with writers, I want that freedom. I love it now.

Knowing that Ricky Gervais will never work again means a lot to me. I'm going to make sure of it.

The secret of making movies is having the strongest possible script.

I always find that when I do something that I like, from my heart, then it works.

I was a camp counselor for kids whose moms were on welfare, unfortunately, and right across the camp was the best, most pristine and preppy camp in the universe.

I'm a benevolent dictator.

People love a true story and especially a true story where two people from opposite worlds come together.

Obama is not embarrassing. The country is embarrassing.

You only gain in life when you multiply

Life is beautiful, though the circumstances and situations around us may not say so, but life is certainly beautiful

In matters of love, spread kindness like a flower.

Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.

The Art of Conversation could not die in Australia; it never lived. Television did not kill it; there was nothing there to kill.

God knows the truth in all of this, and at the end of the day, that is the only thing that matters. Jesus was persecuted, and I'm going to get persecuted, ya know?

For this is the true strength of guilty kings, When they corrupt the souls of those they rule.

The songs that I like are the ones that you can't visualize, that are just cries from the heart - those very straight, direct songs that make rock & roll music so wonderful.

Fear of failure leads to failure.

It's not enough to have the right answers. You have to have the right questions.