My goal has been to learn how to get movies made without losing sight of the reasons I began. I have had to learn to recognize the insidious nature of the beast without becoming one.

The lack of women directors is a sad fact of life. Kathryn Bigelows thrilling Best Director win may help turn things around.

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.

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

nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent with no nerve is like the sound of one hand clapping.

The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.

Like the tectonic plate it sits upon, Hollywood is subject to seismic jolts and constant tremors. Each season erupts with a new champion, and every so often a genuine earthquake will tear down the apparently secure infrastructure.