One is always considered mad, when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.

We shot ten minutes of the movie, and now we're looking for completion funds.

One is always considered mad, when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.

We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.

Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?

Yes, but if you take that crap and put a star in it, then you've got something.

He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work.

Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.

Why if I had half a chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage. The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what's causing them, but it's upsetting all the buffalo. So, the military are called in to solve the mystery.

It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller.

What do you know? Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?

Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture.

This story's gonna grab people. It's about this guy, he's crazy about this girl, but he likes to wear dresses. Should he tell her? Should he not tell her? He's torn, Georgie. This is drama.

In the afterlife you don't have to worry about looking for work.

Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. Its about the big picture.

One is always considered mad when one perfects something that others cannot grasp.

Jazz music is America's past and its potential, summed up and sanctified and accessible to anybody who learns to listen to, feel, and understand it. The music can connect us to our earlier selves and to our better selves-to-come. It can remind us of where we fit on the time line of human achievement, an ultimate value of art.

Ultimately, you change the culture in Washington only one way, and it's one election at a time, with the character of the people you send.

I'm the only honest person in Washington.

The noblest motive is the public good.

I can manage a prose format as long as I keep closer to Laurence Sterne than to Henry James.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.

I was getting to bed about 10 P.M. so wound up and not getting to sleep by 11, and because I was putting the prosthetics on for five hours, I had to be up at 3 in the morning.

Civilization is built on a number of ultimate principles... respect for human life, the punishment of crimes against property and persons, the equality of all good citizens before the law... or, in a word justice.

In terms of fashion, I love adding a fun scarf to whatever I'm wearing - it's a great way to dress up a plain outfit!

There's not a second I regret having a child on my own.

My record of 13 goals in the World Cup finals still stands.

Give energy, and mental exertion will always have attraction enough.

I've never really socialized; I've always been anti-social and preferred to be at home. I was never, even my late teens and early twenties, into clubs and parties and stuff like that.

What interests me are the complexities and contradictions and struggles and joys of messy human beings.

What you do on tour is you build this 'You and me against the world' thing.

In college, my friends called me Mr. James Bond 007 because I entertained everything: blonds, brunettes, redheads. I'm across the board.

When I mention that I'm a game designer as well as a writer, someone will nod and say, 'Ah, that's what we like about your script. The videogame feel.'

I don't really worry about the size of the part much any more. It's nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there's something playable there, and if it's interesting to do, then that's nice.

Irritation is a great source of energy and creativity.

My career has had a lot of ups and downs, but basically it has been wonderful.

Whenever I'm given a chance to support veterans' initiatives, I try to do that. Children and veterans - if they're involved, you can pretty much count me in.

My career as an actor started when I was six years old, taking dancing lessons. Then I started getting paid jobs to dance at the age of seven.

After many of years of getting cast in sweet, angelic roles, I'm finally getting to play closer to my real life as a horrible person.

When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so you can have an education and build your body - it's a blessing.