Other unsolved murders or untimely deaths were readily blamed on the supposedly sinister Jews: If a Jewish doctor failed to save a life, the whole Jewish community might be attacked and fined.

We danced with the devil with demons in our heart.

The Buddha promised release from something we all understand: suffering. By contrast, no one can say what was the original sin, and no one understands how the suffering of Christ can redeem it.

When you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.

I'm standing on my Monopoly board that means I'm on top of my game

She’s a smart woman. I love that. Intelligence is a wonderful and powerful aphrodisiac. To me, it enhances beauty, makes an ordinary woman look like a movie star.

Your personal choices matter. And you have the power. Use it.

It is hard to come up with ideas that are achievable on a scale that you know you are going to have for an indie film but it also have some kind of hook.

I didn't even know what an Oscar was at the time.

We come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films.