Once a man has some money, peace begins to sound good to him.

There's something about the first time an actor runs the material over his or her face you know when they kind of run it through their eyes and you see the thing and there is little imperfections in it and not every line is delivered perfectly, and it doesn't have that mechanical feeling.

I think it is more important to tell a story rather than follow any trend; that is a less bold way to go. If you do that [follow trends] you are just trying to ride on the coat tails of someone else's success.

I guess a great movie would be one that has the most great moments in it.

You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know.

When you're making a film you start living with it, and I find myself sitting down and figuring out a sound or melody that would go with a film, or a particular period. It's not brain surgery, you just kind of feel it along.

When I look back on my life, I don't have regrets about what I didn't do. If I'd become a musician, it could have ruined my life.