The willingness to keep learning is, I think, the most important thing about trying to be good at anything. You never want to stop learning.

A lot of the stuff in 'Speed Racer' has never been done before, from it having a multi-tone, to it having a retro-cool family movie, to having the photo-realism with the CG-backgrounds and infinite focus the way they worked with these digital cameras, to even the color experimentation.

I'm a very, very conservative driver.

How much cooler was Oz than seeing the little dude behind the curtain?

Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness - give me truth.

There’s something about the good-hearted guy fighting the system. I just love that. That’s how Speed is. He’s a really focused guy with a heart of gold and the corporations are trying to crush him and use him for his skills to make them more money.

There's something just so kind of smooth about politicians.