Mia Michaels is to my mind one of the most interesting choreographers alive right now and my colleague and my friend from So You Think (You Can Dance).

The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.

You are the architect of your own loneliness.

I feel like a lot of my past career was going to film school, making a lot of different kinds of movies. I made a bunch of comedies, I made one drama and I made a couple musicals.

When I put something into motion, the creativity starts to make other people want to jump in, and then a lot of people get employed. I'm just like a shark, in that way. If I stop swimming, I'll die.

I grew up in Brentwood, but I live now in Los Feliz. I grew up on the beach, now I live under the Hollywood sign.

People love seeing people trying to change stuff.

I actually had less time and the exact same budget on Hairspray, which was few years ago and this is a much bigger movie [then Rock of Ages]. That's the way studios do it now.

I'm addicted to directing!

I will never lose anything that an audience will miss.I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.

I'm living at a very intense discomfort level because my career has been predicated on safety.

The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.

A man's style should be like his dress. It should be as unobtrusive and should attract as little attention as possible.

The concept of a mental state is primarily the concept of a state of the person apt for bringing about a certain sort of behaviour.

Can a spear divine the Eternal Will?

Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.

Be in relaxation a few moments. It can be any kind of situations - swimming in the river, relax with the river, or sunning on the beach, relax with the sun - anything. Life is full of opportunities.

Any good thing that happens to someone you love can only be good for you too.

My father died in my arms. That's tumult. That's everything exploding.

If you believe in yourself, if you are without fear, you will also be tolerant, non-aggressive and find love.

I always knew that I wanted to be a writer. I think I was six or seven when I learned how to read, and I still remember it.