Ego problems are endemic in every walk of life, but in the movie business egomaniacs are megalomaniacs.

My sense of Los Angeles was very New York provincial, as in 'all those people are crazy out there' (which they are), and stupid (which they're not), and immoral (it's more interesting than that).

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

It is just as important to move on in the wake of stunning success as in the wake of disaster.

with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?

I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actors always an actor until he does a movie-star part.

True power is invisible and impeccable, like good taste. It is never clumsy or artless. Powerful people whisper, suggest, seduce, in order to coerce. They only use volume for effect. This is how you can tell a blowhard from a mogul. ... Most powerful people don't need to coerce; their mere presence is coercive.