I think "destiny" is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective, reflecting the Asian experience, which is very rare.

All of the thinking and planning that you do to get there, and then, in one minute, in one second, it just doesn't matter. It goes out the window. You either got it or you didn't. There is something kind of refreshing about that.

There are 400 billion stars out there, just in our galaxy alone. If just one out of a million of those had planets, and just one in a million of those had life, and just one out of a million of those had intelligent life, there would be literally millions of civilizations out there.

With 'Taxi Driver,' I had this eureka moment. I realized that acting could be much more than what I had been doing. I had to build a character that wasn't me.

I've only been to Dublin once, and I had a great time. I got completely soaked because it was rainy.

Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option.