I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics.

You have to decide if you're going to wilt like a daisy or if you're just going to go forward and live the life that you've been granted.

I believe in long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.

Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments.

I split my time between Santa Barbara and Aspen. I live on a pretty fast horse.

Field of Dreams is probably our generation's It's A Wonderful Life.

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

Broken people say awful things and do incredibly absurd things.

When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors.

When a defining moment comes along, you define the moment, or the moment defines you.

I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.'

Unhappiness comes from living the life of two people--the one people want you to be and the one you want to be.

The rare opportunity to exist, no matter how brief, is worth the pain left in the wake of its disappearance.

Life cannot deny you of what you desired when you are committed to your dreams

From childhood's hour I have not beenAs others were - I have not seenAs others saw - I could not bringMy passions from a common spring -

Because ultimately only the witness -- and not the actors -- knows the truth (Vyasa to Draupadi)

Beauty is and always will be blue skies and open highway.

Forgetfulness, and I would even say historical error, are essential in the creation of a nation.

Time is not an empirical concept. For neither co-existence nor succession would be perceived by us, if the representation of time did not exist as a foundation a priori.

Everybody was up to something, especially, of course, those who were up to nothing.

Promises controversy on a scale not seen since Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations sought to reframe a new world order.