The one thing you can count on in Hollywood - across the board - is cowardice.

That on a romantic level, if you feel it about somebody and it's pure, it means that they do too.

Haiti, like any place, has its security problems; it has a great challenge in terms of establishing a kind of globally acceptable rule of law.

If you're willing to put two thoughts into a picture then you're already ahead of the game.

There's the old notion that where there's choice, there's chaos, and where there's no choice, there's clarity. If you've got no choice, you've gotta be there, and you've gotta have your heart in it. It leads to a much less self-conscious life.

On a movie, it's always better to stay invisible as much as you can to keep things calm. I like to whisper to my cameraman, I like to whisper to my actors, and whoever else I've gotten to whisper to.

I've never really been one to get what they call stage fright so much.