I think there are a lot of great journalists out there. I don't find much fault in the journalist in general; I think everybody would like to break a good story.

It is rather astonishing that the United States does not play ball with the ICC, considering our country was the beacon of the idea of an international criminal court.

It's not about an opening weekend. It's about a career, building a set of films you're proud of. Period.

I don't care. Charlton Heston is the head of the National Rifle Association. He deserves whatever anyone says about him.

The government itself is running exactly like the Sopranos and they sit back and they make deals. And they say okay, 'I'm going do this: France, you're getting the pipelines.'

If I had been with all the women that I was said to have been with, I wouldn't have had the time to shoot a single movie!

You never really learn much from hearing yourself talk.