The study of acting consists in the main of getting out of one’s own way, and in learning to deal with uncertainty and being comfortable being uncomfortable.

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills.

The Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).

Every scene should be able to answer three questions: "Who wants what from whom? What happens if they don't get it? Why now?"

When the three branches of government have failed to represent the citizenry and the mass of the media has failed to represent the citizenry, then the citizenry better represent the citizenry.

Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.

It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.

Opportunity may knock, but it seldom nags.

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.

People may or may not say what they mean... but they always say something designed to get what they want.

Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.

Conquer no man than yourself.

Even in the middle of a hopeless darkness a light may suddenly reach you

Shopping in the right kind of stores and looking for healthier foods can be a wonderful adventure to health.

You can't be someone you're not on TV. You can in movies, but not on TV because you can't hide.

I was fine with everything except Maths. I was terrible at Maths.

Marathons are about tenacity as much as talent.

Seek truth! Seek truth in the darkness, under the oceans, above the clouds; seek it everywhere and every time! Stop deceiving yourself with the untruth, seek the truth!

You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.

I want to be on the floor. I want to fight for the win.

An art is only great and significant if it is one that all may enjoy. The art of a clique is but a plaything.