It's much easier to work with an unknown.

The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them.

The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.

This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time.

My creative partner is a writer, and he's got an executive producing credit on this film. We've made three films together and I would never underestimate the impact of a writer.

But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.

It was the era of Tab Hunter and Rock Hudson; they all had a certain look.

It's very clearly stated in the film: You make your own choices, and what you're always fighting is ego.

But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is.

But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.

Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.

These men are worth your tears. You are not worth their merriment.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

When someone has a very urgent response, I think it just means that it's triggering something in them that they may not necessarily want to think or talk about - which I see as a positive thing.

I wouldn't advise [people] to be silent.

I'm like a phoenix. I rise from the ashes.

I have brought a PS2 on set with me before. But games can be really addicting, and that's dangerous. So I tend to keep it fairly limited on a certain level.

With these men and women who work-for the cause with all their hearts, with cool heads and skilled hands we will master every fate.

You're everything I hope for. You're everything I need. You are so beautiful to me.

I never really know the title of a book until it's finished.

My character, Taylor McKessie, is a little bit brighter in the math and science department than I am... okay, a lot.