Talking about corporations - they're so big. There's not a person at a corporation.

Cat lovers turn into cat collectors.

When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace.

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

She is such a scene-stealer. She's got these lashes and big eyes, and when she walks on to the set everybody just says "ooh."

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

I was just a quiet kid, really. I wasn't the class clown at all.

If you're working on a movie, you want it to be projected on the largest tapestry possible, and the sound to be perfect, and for that kind of communal experience of the movies to take place for it.

I really don't make a concerted effort to try to find a type of role.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

I can't not find humor in elements of most parts of life, but at the same time nothing ever seems perpetually funny to me.

When it all comes together, it is oddly beautiful and it makes sense.

The men and women who are truly filled with light are those who have gazed deeply into the darkness of their own imperfect existence.

Being seventy is not a sin. It's not a joy, either.

He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant.

the beginning of my history is - love. It is the beginning of every man and every woman's history, if they are only frank enough to admit it.

Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend. [Lat., Tardo amico nihil est quidquam iniquius.]

I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible.

Eagerly pursuing all the latest fads and trends cause he's a dedicated follower of fashion.

We have been just going like a house afire, and we couldent see any reason why we shouldent keep right on burning. Our tastes were acquired on credit, and we wanted to keep on enjoying 'em on credit.

Eloquence invites us to bring some part of ourselves to the transaction.