Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.

There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things.

What you get is what you get. What you do with what you get, that’s more the point.

I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.

I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.

To the world you may be just one person but to one person you may be the world The road to finding 'the one' is paved with a bit of promiscuity.

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.

You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.

I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.

Until we begin to discover and create value, purposefully and systemically, we are not humans but only biomass

Man is fond of reckoning up his troubles, but does not count his joys.

I'm a decent cook; I'm a decent chef. None of my friends would ever have hired me at any point in my career. Period.

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

The Russians are the dirtiest players I’ve ever seen.

Your physical, mental and intellectual resources - continually growing and changing - are your personal capital.

I never regarded my pictures as very much to be proud of, except in this, the craft, the style.

Love to throw yourself on the earth and kiss it. Kiss the earth and love it with an unceasing, consuming love.

If everyone thinks you have a good idea, you´re too late

Are there not millions of us who would rather go sleeping to hell; than sweating to heaven?