In school the kids thought I was freaky because I made straight A's and daydreamed a lot

No matter what it is, pick yourself up and go on to the next project

I'm one of those people who thinks you can have a happy life and still be an artist

Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring.

The world doesn't end just because one thing goes wrong.

Pigs are not that dirty. And they're smart, strange little creatures. They just need love.

I like to pick my own vegetables.

I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend.

I'm not afraid of aging.

Making it big in this world is such a rip-off, you gotta keep your head together or it can be totally without meaning

But I never let a fantasy get away, because I always stop to analyze it.

But this payment goes well beyond my generosity, " the monk responded."Don’t say that again. Life might be listening, and give you less the next time.

I have always been afraid of banks.

Money can't buy friends but you can get a better class of enemy.

One hour of life crowded to the full with glorious action and filled with noble risks is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum.

It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.

I went through life big-bang-banda-boom-bada-boom.

The truth is that teamwork is at the heart of great achievement.

People vomitied at my movies; not because of the movie but because they were drunk. I took credit anyway.

In my younger days, I was arrogant - jail helped me to get rid of it. I did nothing but make enemies because of my arrogance.

It [film-making] really just has to do with my own ghosts and phantoms. And I have to say, in the end, it's just my way of seeing things.