In 1977, hip-hop literally wasn't outside the boroughs. But I was profoundly aware of the city through films like Saturday Night Fever, The French Connection, and Network. I had a friend who visited New York, and I asked him what it was like. He said, "Oh, it's great. Just wear a coat and don't look anyone in the eye."

Fitzgerald coined the phrase the 'Jazz Age,' and now we're living in the Hip-Hop Age.

Advice is a form of nostalgia.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.

The food in Sydney is an Asian Pacific cuisine. It's eclectic but above all it's fresh, inventive and creative and that's what I love about it.

A life lived in fear is a life half lived.

Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.