I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment.

The word Amendment itself is an encouraging thing, isn't it? Because an amendment, it tells of a system of government that allows for the improvement of itself. Just move forward a little bit, one day at a time.

It didn't occur to me that it was possible to breathe life into Abraham Lincoln.

Film has become such a central part of our culture now that I think sometimes too great a weight is placed upon it in terms of scrutiny and analysis. There's a lot of rather specious professorial stuff that swirls around films.

The last time I was on a small set would've been probably My Left Foot.

I'm not picky, quite honestly.