There is this thing about time that you can't see at the time you're at.

One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and we should never lose that.

Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought murder. The line between thinking murder and doing murder isn't that major.

Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

Hell is the impossibility of reason.

If you make the movie from your heart and it stands over time, that's what matters to me.

I'm a dramatist. Dramatists have a right to look at history and interpret it the way they see it.

Every day that you get up, it's some kind of victory if you're making a good product, or working on a project that can only help mankind.

I think our life is a series of adventures.

Greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right, greed works.

At times, it's better to think of exactly what is happening right in front of you every second, rather than going through things from the past in your mind.

I go at what I am about as if there was nothing else in the world for the time being.

Smiling is definitely one of the best beauty remedies. If you have a good sense of humor and a good approach to life, that's beautiful.

Davis was weak and vascillating, timid, petulant, peevish, obstinate, but not firm.

I don't think I'm really in a situation to complain, because I consider myself to be privileged to be doing what I do.

I learned a lot I wouldn't have learned roaming the streets of Dallas.

I get tweets every single day going, like, 'I'm so glad you weren't on 'The X Factor.''

If we have any criticism of our leaders, we invite Satan into our lives and beliefs.

Approach every film with the same enthusiasm, regardless of its budget.

Glamour really has to do with good lighting, doesn't it?