There are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.

Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them.

Art doesn't just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things.

What’s the difference between and actor and a movie star. An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them.

Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn't disappear.

A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built.

Movie studios, Hollywood studios, by and large are not making the kind of movies that I go to see.