When something possesses me, I go ahead and do it.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

I think people are universal.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

I think our job as parents is to give our kids roots to grow and wings to fly.Deborah Norville

Without a doubt, it [Canada] is the land God gave to Cain.

I knew I loved you when I kept trying to run away and find reasons why it wouldn’t work

What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.

As Olafsson showed me, White can win... It's hard to believe. I stayed up all night analysing, finally convicing myself, and, incidentally, learning a lot about Rook and Pawn endings in the process.

When you love another for who they are, whether they give you what you need or not, then you truly love them.

I don't write polite letters. I don't like to plea-bargain. I like to fight.

When you play arenas you can create whatever you want. At a theater the height of the stage and the limitations of the theater can make you feel more separate from the audience.

Recollect your thoughts don't get caught up in the mix ,cause the media is full of dirty tricks.

O Allah do not give me in excess lest I may be disobedient.