Whether it's movies or television that I've directed, or characters that I've played, I'm just always fascinated by the moral ambiguity inherent in life.

I'm always perversely attracted to characters that seem one thing, but are ultimately revealed as another...

Once you go Kerry Washington, you can’t go back

My two daughters live on Facebook and social media is their mode of communication.

Nothings wrong with honest emotion.

I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit

My parents kept us sheltered from this world of Hollywood. I don't have any great memories of bouncing on Cary Grant's knee or something like that

I really enjoy directing television because you get to work in so many different genres and with different people.

I think I've inherited a kind ofwillfulness, a kind of quiet willfulness that I'll just hang in there with something until it happens.

Life is a very emotional experience.

If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level

The loss of liberty may imprison a person, but it does not confine their mind.

Yes, you can make a difference! You can speak on behalf of those who are voiceless.

Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.

When someone breaks up with you, their beauty-- which you took such satisfaction in-- suddenly becomes unfair.

I've done a lot of things in a business where you're lucky to stay alive, so when the time comes, I'll be happy to pass my knowledge along and help someone else.

All present-day governments are fanatically committed to an easy money policy.

I have times when I'm off-balance. I have times when I slur my words. I have times when I walk into walls. I have times when I can't remember somebody's name.

The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America.

Dwelling on him would make him a bigger part of my life than I want him to be.

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.