It often strikes me that the actors in high school movies look too old.

Every great film should seem new every time you see it.

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

One difference between film noir and more straightforward crime pictures is that noir is more open to human flaws and likes to embed them in twisty plot lines.

To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts.

You can have a movie with hardly any cuts, or very few cuts, that is fascinating, you can't take your eyes away from it... Look at some of the long takes in Citizen Kane.

I lost faith in the Oscars the first year I was a movie critic - the year that Bonnie and Clyde didn't win.

I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.

I think we have to get beyond the idea that we have to categorize people.

What every human being should do is eat a vegetarian diet based on whole foods. Period. That's it. Animal protein is bad for you. Dairy is bad for you. Forget the ads: Milk and eggs are bad for you.

I do not fear death. I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing on the other side of death to fear.

Forgiveness heals any brokenness in the heart.

Don't let your pride get in your way of surrounding yourself with people who are smarter than you. Life is a continuous journey of learning and growing.

It's whatever sells; it's the business of it.

You come to realize that only one person can tell you what's expected of you, and that's you.

I love getting dressed up for red carpet events and having my hair and makeup done professionally - that definitely helps with nerves of going down the red carpet.

When you control the ball you control the score

Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of eternity.

Death is the end of a stage, not the end of the journey. The road stretches on beyond our comprehension.

The consumer is getting fed up with shoddy material, poor quality, unsafe products, bad service, weak warranties, lack of adequate information -- the whole gamut of such problems.

Let the world know why you're here, and do it with passion.