[Rose from "Fences"] couldn't just jump out there. Not just because of economic reasons but because how she was looked at in society at the time. There were a lot of factors that made you stay I guess.

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

Hate, hatred for yourself, for other people, will confine you, but love can set you free.

Don't be afraid to fail big, to dream big.

In fact, someone was telling me that Gladiator was the one film where Ridley Scott didn't take a producer's credit. And it won. But this guy changed the industry twice; with Aliens which was a whole new way of looking at things and Blade Runner that was also a whole new way of looking at things.

To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?

You start to find a rhythm and usually if it makes me laugh or comment in the editing room then I knew that's what's going to happen in the audience. That first reaction is usually the right reaction.