To me, it's science fiction for me to do the things I've been blessed to do in this industry.

Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.

You don’t try to build a wall, you don’t set out to build a wall. You don’t say ‘I’m going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that’s ever been built.’ You don’t start there… You say ‘I’m going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid.’ And you do that every single day and soon you have a wall.

You have to create something in a way that has direction, that it has vision, and then your partner will take it and figure out whatever their expertise is.

Smiling is the best way to face every problem, to crush every fear, to hide every pain.

I think for me, as a parent, once my children are thoroughly informed, they can make the decisions that they want to make. The only thing that I demand is a complete comprehension [of the information].

Tommy Lee Jones is hilarious. I would say, if you look at the body of his work, the character he is most like is the one in 'The Fugitive.' That's how he talks and jokes. That is the type of energy he has.