We, as producers, want to tell the best stories. We want to tell the stories that people will talk about.

Sometimes when you have limited resources and you really have to think about creative ways to get around some of these problems, generally the end result is better.

It's always hard for the first movie because you have to spend so much time introducing the characters.

Sometimes you have to make bold choices, creatively. I'm always in favor of that.

You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion.

It's great to see a relatable, accessible young woman out there, doing things and breaking the barriers for what would be considered an action movie.

Of course, marketing and publicity does an amazing job of prepping everybody for that, but there's nothing like sitting there and experiencing the movie.

People grew up on the animated movie. Bill Condon is Bill Condon. And nobody does those movies better than Disney does.

People are sophisticated viewers, as evidenced by the risks that are taken in cable television, and I think network has to do the same thing.

That's the thing about distance: It either gives you time to move on form someone, or it makes you realize just how much you need them.

The Eskimos live among ice all their lives but have no single word for ice.

I' tired of old people being labeled as worthless,useless,toothless and sexless

As houses well stored with provisions are likely to be full of mice, so the bodies of those that eat much are full of diseases.

The lover's pleasure is in the pleasure of the beloved. The lover is satisfied when the beloved is fed. The lover is vain when the beloved is adorned.

It's believing you can push through the exhaustion just to be able to sing after you do a cartwheel or a split.

I lurch from chaos to chaos. I can't find my driving licence and my clothes are everywhere - cooking is the neatest thing I do.

The poetry, if you will, of life is reduced to this sort of dry, scientific, you know, it's the worst sort of précis of who we are.

The woman that comes in, takes the wastebasket away, she's paying 15.3 or whatever it is on payroll tax alone. I mean it is - I never had it so good.

I'm drinking here break motor oil and Bombay gin, I'll sleep when I'm dead.