It's strictly business. If I loan you $25 million, I want my money back. I don't want to hear about the social impact. That's great for you, but now I'm $25 million in the hole, so next time you come to ask me.

True desire in the heart for anything good is God's proof to you sent beforehand to indicate that it's yours already.

I didn't realise that Ridley Scott has never won an Academy Award.

It's very important to transcend places that hold us.

Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child.

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

The Bible says "faith without works is nothing" so destiny is great, fate is great, faith is great - but you still have to work at it. I don't just sit at home and wait for it all to unfold.