Let's face it, making movies is all risk. Most of the time, batting average-wise, the reward does not outweigh the risk.

The rule of surfing is never tell anyone where you go.

I was a horrible limo driver: I ran out of gas with passengers in the back and I used to get lost on a regular basis.

My mom used to wear the fragrance Poison when I was younger, and I remember that scent and the purple bottle. That was my first [perfume] memory.

You have to fight for what you need to fight for.

Memories are just stories we tell ourselves about our past; and that's often why they don't match when we've shared the same experiences with someone.

I think the moments that are difficult for anybody are when you see what your life could be, if only you had the courage to take the steps needed.

I've never directed anything before 'Mad Men,' so I don't feel I have any advice for the other directors.

My wife tells me I need to learn to be more patient with my son.

The good thing about directing yourself is that you get over yourself.

I'm a little kid at heart, so my eyes light up when everything is lit.

I'm so sorry I wasn't here sooner, but you'll have to forgive an old vampire for being a bit rusty in the dreamscape.

I trained myself. Long ago, 'Boy' [Arthur] Capel introduced me to 'Bludgeon the Poor!' (Assommons les pauvres!) which, rejecting resignation, informed my moral outlook for life.

The word "hope" I take for faith; and indeed hope is nothing else but the constancy of faith.

Any piece of art, when you're putting it on a certain platform, if the platform becomes a political place, you can manipulate things.

Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security.

I come from a land where the idea of the whole world being one family is rooted in our ethos 'vasudhaiva kutumbakam'.

Compose first, worry later.

Once in a while, when everything is just right, there is a moment of magic. People can live on moments of magic.

The best time to have a baby is when you're a black teenager.

There is no point drumming up noise about a cause, if you are not willing to take a beating for it.