Lara Croft is such a strong individual, she's very driven, she doesn't need a man, she's speaks her own mind, and that she's in control of her own life. It's a lot of what women want and have.

One of the most amazing locations I've ever been is the top of the volcano in Tanzania, Africa. It's an actual volcano where you really have this lava every day.

Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her.

I had a very strong-willed mother, who I totally adored. She was always in control of her life.

I think the audience would like to see movies that are stunning to watch. I really think they'd like to see spectacles.

We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie.

It's always an enormous pressure when you do a sequel. The demands are so high, and it's expensive.

I really believe action will always be there and will never disappear.

As a director, you try to find what is creative.

This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting.

Summer movies are spectacles; that's what you pay 10 dollars to see. You want to get teased by effects sometimes. I think that will never stop.

don't you think between here and now we will see each other once or twice?

If you want self-esteem.” “Do estimable acts” ~ V, from A Piece of Cake: Memoir

Audiences = expectations. If he thinks you're not watching, he won't need to rebel against your expectations.

The desire of privilege and the taste of equality are the dominant and contradictory passions of the French of all times.

I'm blessed with a pretty good voice. So just sitting back there banging on the tubs wasn't enough.

You see, I have only such a fugitive awareness of things around me that I always feel they were once real and are now fleeting away.

I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.

You just may be a redneck if your lawn furniture used to be your living room furniture.

We've got to make the small things unforgettable.

I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.