It's easier to identify with loss than love, because we have had so much more experience of it.

[Marlon] Brando was the only guy who could step out of that shadow at the end of that movie and be worth the wait.

What we have here is a rousing boy's adventure story, adapted from stories that Edgar Rice Burroughs cranked out for early pulp magazines. They lacked the visceral appeal of his Tarzan stories, which inspired an estimated 89 movies; amazingly, this is the first John Carter movie, but it is intended to foster a franchise and will probably succeed.

To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts.

We must try to contribute joy to the world... I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.

A few actresses have all but set up shop as women of a certain age who attract younger lovers. I think of Susan Sarandon, Cameron Diaz and Isabelle Huppert.

I am, beneath everything else, a fan. I was fixed in this mode as a young boy and am awed by people who take the risks of performance.