Some people have got advice, some people have got horror stories. I like people that look you in the eye with a glow and say "It's gonna be cool."

The secret to riches is the same as the secret to comedy - timing.

We can't repay our good luck with bad grace. It invites darkness.

I think if there's some kind of crisis in news journalism... a crisis of credibility, then it's been created by journalists. I'm empathetic, I understand it and I see it, but I'm not sympathetic about it. If you want people to think of journalism with higher regard then do better work.

I can rely on me [being a director], unlike some actors. I never got anything less than what I needed from the lead actor.

I always say I've given 24 insufficient performances and I'm looking forward to the time in my life when I'll do something that I think is good. There's always stuff you can do better, stuff that maybe you didn't uncover enough. But if you do something that you truly believe is perfect, then that's got to be the last movie you do.

Brothers, what we do in life........echoes in eternity.