Stylized acting and direction is to realistic acting and direction as poetry is to prose.

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

Wonder is our need today, not information.

When a girl smiles, she's as beautiful as a blooming flower.

With every divine encounter, we receive new grace.

Between the sands of time and tradition is a multitude of truths untold.

I think Rick Berman just called me and asked me if I wanted to do the show [Star Trek: Enterprise], and he said they'd write an arc if I'd do it.

We're in a decaying culture now. Naturally, the young people in the culture are going to feel themselves to be products of the decay.

I would have to say that working on 'Warrior' felt more like working on a play than any other film I've ever done.

Im always trolling for trivia.

When I watch TV I can tell when someone is punching the joke and telling me when to laugh (I’ll decide when to laugh, thank you very much).

You can't see the water until you run into it. A little boy took off running through it. He got all muddy.

I will take responsibility for all operations.