Your resolve is unquestionable. Your character undeniable. Your history unparalleled. You've inspired us, all the way. You will again today.

In my freshman year in high school, I went to the only public high school in Boston with a theatre program.

I didn't have big movie offers, or any big agents wanting to work with me. I had to go grassroots, start at the bottom and go on 150 auditions before someone finally gave me a shot

The food in Europe is pretty disappointing. I like fried chicken. But other than that Europe is great.

Ultimately in the end, it's the director's choice

We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.

I wish I was a guy who could have pancakes and bacon and cheesy eggs, but I'd curl up and pass out. I gotta start healthy or I'll be off the rails all day.

What's important is self-appreciation

I love the rush of being creative. I really think I live for it.

For young filmmakers, Saw is a perfect film. It doesn't cost the GNP of almost every country of the world.

I try to ground most of my characters in reality somehow. That's kind of what I bring to the table.

Stop killing and wasting time. Get something done today

My mum always said you get more fun at a Glasgow stabbing than an Edinburgh wedding.

The particles that are the very building blocks of all things, are in all possible locations until observation/measurement causes them to choose a specific position.

Even the loveliest shoulders can bear but so much.

'A Christmas Story' has always meant a lot to me personally.

The strength of criticism lies in the weakness of the thing criticized.

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

Patrick Kenzie asking a bemused waitress for a newspaper in smalltown USA. 'It's like a homepage without a scroll button?'

Do you absolutely despise me, Walter?" "No." He hesitated and his voice was strange. "I despise myself.

In indolent vacuity of thought.