When man decides he can control nature, he's in deep trouble

Unfortunately, overall, movies are a conglomerate. People buy and sell people in this business, which can get really ugly.

I love to rescue animals.... The pounds were so crowded they were putting animals down almost immediately. Seven thousand dogs were put to sleep.

I wanted to go to Jupiter. That was my plan from day one, and David Lynch gave me the ticket.

The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour

If my career were a hairstyle, it would be helmet-head.

Whatever character you play, it gives you the chance to expose another side of yourself that maybe you've never felt comfortable with, or never knew about

We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that

What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?

You don't have to run away from life your whole life. You can really live. You can change. And you can be an agent of change.

There is so much in the world to care about.

Break the teacher certification monopoly so anyone with something valuable to teach can teach it. Nothing is more important than this.

I listened to the crashing thundering of a tiny tear tumbling like a wave down her beautiful face.

The conspicuously wealthy turn up urging the character-building value of privation for the poor.

You just don't wake up one day and decide that you need to write songs.

To lay down one's life for the truth.

Henry had taken striking on to a different level

I seek forgiveness from Allah for the lack of my sincerity when I say I seek the forgiveness of Allah

If you have nothing to say for yourself then kindly keep your mouth shut!

I am an interpreter of music rather than a composer of it.

It was not fair, it was not fair, it was not fair. So cried his child's heart, and then his child's heart died a little. For that is also the way of the world.