The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.

The lifeblood of my career has been independent film.

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

Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a community.

I'm famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the earth because I figure, a) They pay my salary, and b) It's probably like a big moment in your life to meet somebody; so I would say, 'Just come on up.'

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 think the great power of Bette Davis was she always knew who she was. She had an obligation to herself and her audience. When you think of what she was compelled to do, the power she put on the screen, the fact that she took upon herself a much greater task.