The time to worrying about flying is when you're on the ground. When you're up in the air, it's too late. No point in worrying about it then.

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

In my humble opinion, in the nuclear world, the true enemy is war itself.

[Russel Crowe] has been through a lot and had a lot of success. No one knew who he was when I worked with him 12 years ago. He's just come off a great film in Australia- Romper Stomper - and so it was good to see him again. Obviously, I'd seen him since.

You don't pick black actors or black directors because they are black. You pick them because they are good. If you lend somebody 50 million dollars you want you're money back. You don't care if they are oppressed. You just want you're money back.

That's where you can find things and modulate your performance and give the other actors something fresh to respond to. We've probably all worked with actors who when it's suddenly your close up, they get sleepy. I don't like that. It's selfish acting, and I won't tolerate it.

It's important for us to tell our stories.