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.

No rock and roll ensemble, however inspired, can deliver the kind of musical variety obtainable with the resources of 110 instruments.

I think all my Star Trek movies are very earthbound.

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

I think that the reason that people are so up in arms about movies that have historical inaccuracies is because now that we've trashed our education institutions beyond repair, people fear that the only people are getting their histories is through the movies, so the elephant in the room is that no one wants to talk about why we're so passionately obsessed with accuracy.

The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure.

Audiences may be stupid, but they are never wrong.