I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill, FDR, Kennedy, they all had affairs. But heroic things happen every day.

I wanted very much to do Traffic and at one point it looked like I was going to work on it. And then, of course, Catherine Zeta-Jones had her relationship with Michael Douglas and it suddenly didn't happen.

Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.

I stand up for what I believe. I don't know if it's always paid off for me, because I've been ridiculed and humiliated.

True movies will never be measured by how much they make - they'll be measured by how they make you feel.

Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get.

It's never bothered me to work hard. I've probably worked on some of the longest schedules in movie history.