The public has an appetite for anything about imagination - anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible.

I think that the Internet is going to effect the most profound change on the entertainment industries combined. And we're all gonna be tuning into the most popular Internet show in the world, which will be coming from some place in Des Moines. We're all gonna lose our jobs. We're all gonna be on the Internet trying to find an audience.

My head's not in the clouds, but I think I've gotten too much credit for being an astute businessman.

If the movie does well, or it doesn't do so well, some movies get great reviews, some movies don't... that's just part of what I do for a living. I just move through all that; that doesn't ever stop me.

Documentaries are the first line of education, and the second line of education is dramatization, such as 'The Pacific'.

All through my career I've done what I can to discover new talent and give them a start.

I feel like Ive been engaged to the British Empire since 1980 and tonight you have given me the ring knighthood.