The best actors, I think, have a childlike quality. They have a sort of an ability to lose themselves. There's still some silliness.

Actually I think 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' could sit very very perfectly in the middle of a Disney world I think.

It's no accident that Cinderella has been in the culture for thousands of years, and in cross cultures. I've traveled a bit recently, and in Russia, they completely believe they own this tale. And in Italy, they feel it absolutely is part of who they are. There is a timeless web to it.

There is some mysterious thing that goes on whereby, in the process of playing Shakespeare continuously, actors are surprised by the way the language actually acts on them.

The glory of 70mm is the sharpness of the image it offers.

As soon as someone I don’t respect tells me I can’t do something, it just makes me want to do it even more.

Truth is like most opinions - best unexpressed.