The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and to exercise taste and judgment in helping the actor give his best possible performance.

The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.

The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and to exercise taste and judgment in helping the actor give his best possible performance.

I've never laid a cane on the back of a lord before, but if you force me to I shall speedily become used to the practice.

All my life I've always spoiled the things that meant the most to me.

Regret isn't going to get me anywhere. It's like being obsessed with something. It doesn't bring you anywhere.

The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.