I've never really been about looking good - I'm just bad at that stuff.

You can keep knocking me down forever, I'll keep getting up and trying.

I hated school right away. Religion had a lot to do with it because I felt like everybody was always lying to me.

I would like to see a fierce Fantasia mixed with Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars all in one. That's the kind of movies I want to make.

People love destroying mankind, for some strange reason. You make a movie about mankind's destruction, you're going to fill seats. People just love the idea. For a couple thousand years, we've been dreaming up how we're all going to disappear and fade away from this planet.

Berlin is liberation. Architecture, man!

[There is] type [of actors ]a true thespian who doesn't give a flying rat's ass what it is as long as it's deep, powerful, and painful, and they will dive in headfirst. I really respect those people. Meryl Streep is amazing at it.