No enlightened person would deny its premise, but as an ongoing program it is monotonous, limited, locked in a perception of victimization.

Theater going is a communal act, movie going a solitary one.

The primary function of a theatre is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

Without an elite in the arts, we have no leaders, which is to say we have no vision, which is to say we have no arts.

The love that previously dared not speak its name has now grown hoarse from screaming it.

The invention of film has given our generation the dubious advantage of watching our acting heroes deteriorate before our eyes.

Bring on the people you want me to love, the situations you want me to take on, and the lessons you want me to learn.

Men are by nature wanderers...Every people has moved from somewhere, and had to learn the ways of the land from the people who were there before.

The world today is so full of violence, obscenity, war, the failure of political systems. I try to make movies that make people a bit more confident. But that doesn't mean being sugary.

One of the most destructive anti-concepts in the history of moral philosophy is the term 'duty.

I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family.

Archbishop - A Christian ecclesiastic of a rank superior to that attained by Christ.

I've never lost my cool. Even in love affairs. If you have Plan B and Plan C, you are all the time relaxed.

Expressing yourself when he takes for granted doesn't work.

Everyone who ever walked barefoot into his child's room late at night hates Legos.

Love is the supreme good; it is the overflowing life, the giving of ourselves to noble ends and causes.