Since I started making movies, I've had to hear a million times, "When are you going to do a comedy?" I think I feel more comfortable in another kind of movie.

You have to fight for respect. In life, even cashiers at the supermarket, if they're women, they're differently treated. It's a reality. The reality is not nice; it's not pretty.

I think if I had been a man, I would be richer. That hurts. But at the same time, I have to keep fighting and not think too much about "what if," because that doesn't lead you anywhere.

Accept people, don't stereotype people. Don't think because right now they're driving a cab, they're not going to have a master's degree or that they're dumber than you.

Perhaps I can't escape the image that others have created for me, but if I don't try, I will never know if I can or not.

And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.

If you don't have a story that will hold the audience, you won't have a successful show.

I have a terrible sense of direction.

Joys do not fall to the rich alone; nor has he lived ill of whose birth and death no one took note.

There are only four or five real events that we have that draw that many people into town each year. We should have at least 12; and once we have 12, we can have 24.

Fear is trusting in your own power.

When I look at a character, whether he's good or bad, one scene or 10 scenes, I just have to find my way in.

Our judgment ripens; our imagination decays. We cannot at once enjoy the flowers of the Spring of life and the fruits of its Autumn.