If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.

If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.

My English is a mixture between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Archbishop Tutu.

The only pictures worth making are the ones that are playing with fire.

Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting.

The ultimate trick is to convince, persuade. Every single person out there is an idiot, but collectively they're a genius.

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius.