Ninety percent of films are pretty mediocre, but they have a built-in audience and open on 3,000 screens.

Venice is the prettiest city I've ever seen. It looks like a Disneyland ride.

I'm the old-fashioned type who prefers to meet a woman in a more normal setting. I don't like to feel that I'm being hunted down. I've always liked to do my own hunting when it comes to meeting women.

You can't beat your enemy anymore through wars; instead you create an entire generation of people revenge-seeking. [...] Our opponents are going to resort to car bombs and suicide attacks because they have no other way to win. I believe (Rumsfeld) thinks this is a war that can be won, but there is no such thing anymore. We can't beat anyone anymore.

I had to stop going to auditions thinking, 'Oh, I hope they like me.' I had to go in thinking I was the answer to their problem.

The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting around those issues.

I don't like to share my personal life... it wouldn't be personal if I shared it.