Sound is 50 percent of the movie going experience, and I've always believed audiences are moved and excited by what they hear in my movies at least as much as by what they see.

May the Force be with you.

You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.

In my experience, there's no such thing as luck.

Always remember, your focus determines your reality.

No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

I thought Star Wars was too wacky for the general public.

You can't do it unless you can imagine it.

I put all of my resources into pushing the evolution in an industry that is notoriously backwards and I enjoy pushing that envelope,.

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

We are all living in cages with the door wide open.

Education without the knowledge of the Holy One is the darkest doom.

Common sense comes not just from knowledge, but also from wisdom.

God is a crutch? Yeah, well, not believing in God is a coma.

Music kept me sane between acting jobs.

It was the most amazing opportunity to work on a period movie and transform Anthony Hopkins into Hitchcock.

I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity.

No matter where you're from, your dreams are valid.

To restore silence is the role of objects.

I don't know. I don't have a fax machine, so I didn't get that message.

When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.