My experience is that you can't possibly win against whatever the tidal wave is that's coming at you.

The amount of piracy is extraordinary. People don't realize how big it is.

I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when everybody's saying 'no' that you're really on the right track.

I don't like the term 'ensemble.' It's bland to me.

One of the things that's driving films in a particular direction is that the after market value of them is dropping really fast and in many segments of it, not just DVDs. Pay television is dropping.

Everybody has a background. Everybody has a past. Not everybody's the same person all the way through.

What I keep searching for in movies, more and more, is the right gravity.

What I can't figure out is why we're not making more R-rated movies, actually.

It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

If the studio wants to spend money on making your movie better, let them.

I mean, I'm not a contrarian.

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

I feel that working with the camera and editing it is actually my strong suit.

I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is the unique representation of God in the world. But that doesn't mean this is the only way God can work.

Happiness is when you love who you are and you are able to accept yourself and others.

India, in particular, is looking to develop nuclear power for domestic, commercial use, and we should work with them. This is a good deal for both countries.

You believe I run after the strange because I do not know the beautiful; no, it is because you do not know the beautiful that I seek the strange.

I was going to be living there and I didn't want to sound like a foreigner all my life.

Caring for animals means caring for the environment they live in, and vice versa.

I was surprised how open and unguarded the military was. I expected more scrutiny, more supervision from command.

It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us.