Wild at Heart made a few people angry-they thought I was exploiting women by showing that when a woman says no she really means yes.

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.

The body is an outstanding source of strength

All that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing.

the bible gives me a deep comforting sense that (things seen are temporal, and things unseen are eternal.

A society in which conjugal infidelity is tolerated must always be in the long run a society adverse to women.

What a beautiful world this will be What a glorious time to be free

A kitsch novel describes the world not as it really is, but as it is hoped and feared to be.

With uncertainty in oil markets, a buildup of speculative pressures and the large U.S. current account deficit, there is a real possibility that Paulson's crisis-management skills will be tested.

Love's tongue is in the eyes.

You understand your responsibilities better than guardians twice your age. You'll do what you have to do to succeed.

Sometimes it's the things that are all around us that are hardest to see, especially love.