I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

When anybody gives you an award, it could be wrong. You’ve just got to bear that it mind and go ahead and enjoy it. Like Morgan says, it’s a pat on the back, so great you’ll take it and then move on.

Whatever the drama of the story is, you have to be true to it.

I'm always trying to tackle subjects that tax me and make me think. That's the key to staying young at heart. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body.

You spend your life training to be an actor, observing people's characteristics so that you can design characters around what you've seen.

When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old

Every story has its demands.