In Hollywood, 'under development' means 'all I have is the title.'

In the best of all possible worlds, directors would obsess about the quality of their storytelling, and not the details of their technical methods.

It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally get a religion in the White House that's causing a lot of conflicts, and concerns, and disturbances for a lot of people, it's in the Bush Administration.

Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy.

If there is such a thing as a lock on an Oscar nomination, ... Hoffman has one.

I urgently advise hospitals: Do not make the DVD available to your patients; there may be an outbreak of bedpans thrown at TV screens.

It is human nature to look away from illness. We don't enjoy a reminder of our own fragile mortality.