I think you should make a movie that has an audience.

Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.

I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.

I'm a big believer that it doesn't matter what you call your company, nobody ever notices.

And writing I think is a gift that you have, the same as acting, in a way.

I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor.

I like doing as many special effects in camera, as much as possible.

Being a producer, I deal with a lot of different directors, and some of them would drive me insane with all the different histrionics, and the mystique that they carry.

I think you should make a movie that has an audience.

I think music is what takes the experience off the screen into your soul, into your head.

It's a juggernaut, yeah... but I'm not phased by making movies.

I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.

You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to.

So I am concerned about the amount of time we have to make it, cause it doesn't matter how much money you have, you can't create more time.

People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn't matter what genre it is.

Cliches are what make you understand something.

You can't please everyone... If you make a good movie, that's all that matters.

I'm a Star Wars fanatic.

So I think I sometimes will put a cliche in and then just pad it out so you're not noticing.

I'm as conservative as they come.

Music is half the film.

I will never sign anything which makes me have to do more than one film.

I like the idea of making big budget films with a heart. I like graphic novels more than comic books.

What I learned very quickly is that if you get it right in the first two or three takes, it's not going to get that much better.

I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on.

Crime, money, power, drugs - are all linked.

I like the X-Men, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it.

You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book.

I think there's a time in your life where you don't feel like you fit in. I think everyone has that when you're a teenager, especially, and especially in the society we live in.

I think it's easier to make a film with 200 million dollars than 960 grand.

If it's scary, it's supposed to be scary. If it's funny, it's supposed to be funny. That's all I try to do.

If you do something that's different and quirky and original, it takes time for people to figure it out.

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't have to paint at all.

After 'Dexter' and 'La Lupe', I would love to return to theater. I'm just ready for more.

What is the price of justice? What is the price of justice? When bail is set unreasonably high, people are behind bars only because they are poor. Not because they're a danger or a flight risk - only because they are poor. They don't have money to get out of jail and they certainly don't have money to flee anywhere.

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of actually visiting the Playboy Mansion. I saw the peacocks, fed grapes to the monkeys, and even braved the fabled Grotto. After seeing the estate, I understood why anyone would be reluctant to leave.

You just go with your gut instinct because your gut is smarter than your heart.

People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?

We need to question technology to insure that markets continue to perform their fundamental purposes.

Sometimes when you're in the storm, it's harder and maybe when it's over, then you can look back on it.

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.

If they don’t like you for being yourself, be yourself even more.

I've always loved opera; it never occurred to me that I would write a proper libretto.

I'm an actor. I love to act. That's my job. I'll leave the politicking to others.

I've had a little bad, bad media luck the new year. Well, apparently I'm dating Bill Clinton, which makes me nervous. I didn't know, though.

Going forward, as we work to strengthen our border in the interests of homeland security, we must also recognize the economic importance of immigration reform.

I don't think that you have to be effeminate to be sensitive.

It's very difficult to think of new ways to blow things up!

Some people are desperately looking for scapegoats, they just don't want to see the truth!