Art is the closest we can come to understanding how a stranger really feels.

No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out.

I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.

We can now have action movies with two stars where one might be African American and one might be Asian American. One of them doesn't have to be white, and the other one doesn't have to be the ethnic sidekick. We're way over that. And I think it's happening in society, too.

If you find an occupation you love and spend your entire life working at it, is that enough?

Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.

Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life and doesn't have the answers.