I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.

I view my wife as my lover, and we have a bond that goes beyond words like wife or girlfriend or mother.

Prior to Saving Private Ryan I never worked with men. I was always working with some babe, and it was always about falling in love, and it just got turned around. I'm not looking for any particular kind of story. I wait until it comes across my desk.

Larger-than-life characters make up about .01 percent of the world's population.

The cinema has the power to make you not feel lonely, even when you are.

In the early days you have a tendency to intellectualize, but you're really just trying to sound smart and score with the chicks.

I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is.