The hope is what America represents to the world and has always represented - the hope for a better life and a better world. We have a duty to protect and support that hope with not just our words, but with our deeds.

I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre.

We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28 - no Q, no gadgets.

I just want to thank people who take big risks in their daily lives when there aren't cameras rolling. I want to dedicate this award to people who stand up for peace and against injustice and intolerance.

We give you characters we'd feel very comfortable judging, and then go: 'Oh yeah? Watch this'.

You don't do pictures because the audience is ready for them. You do them because there's something gnawing at you, something inside.

If you're in a relationship and you try to trust somebody who's completely untrustworthy, when trust is the basis of any relationship and everyone else says not to trust, is love transformative.