As I'm getting older, I want to make sure every film I do really counts.

I spend a lot of my time just developing material; or the company does. That material can come from a book, can come from a newspaper, can come from a discussion and sometimes it can come from a script that got passed over and is floating around.

There's a little thing on your shoulder called intuition and it whispers in your ear. Everyone has that, there is a voice telling you to do something. Most people ignore it - but you must listen to it. I do it every day, all day.

Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies.

MPC, Moving Picture Company, they're really excellent, they did the majority of the effects.

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.

How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant?