Do you think I want to be the one lone voice against the Hollywood liberal establishment? It's not going to do me any good.

I'm absolutely gonna win it, because I'm ruthless. I sit at the poker table and my job is to destroy people.

My second ex-wife was really kind of like a ship passing in the night. Only she turned out to be the Exxon Valdez.

Give Bush 10 minutes before you hammer him. I think he's going to surprise people. He sounds simple and uncomplicated, but maybe that's what we need now. He's not as stupid as everyone thinks. I like the guy.

We work in an environment where your options are to do, you know, Batman 10, so when you get to do a movie that's a really great film like this, people really step up to the plate and enjoy it.

Aficionado my ass...I just love to smoke cigars

So you can say whatever you want and quote me however you want about politics and make the next payday, and that's fine because I'm making that deal with you, but just mention the movie along the way, OK?