You can't tell any kind of a story without having some kind of a theme, something to say between the lines.

You know, people always think if you start out as a film editor, you shoot less footage. Actually, just the opposite is true. I tend to grab as much coverage as I can because as a former editor I know how important it is to have those few frames.

As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial.

The Sand Pebbles has always been one of my favorite films, I suppose because its the most difficult film - from a physical and logistical standpoint - that I've ever made.

I've always been proud of being a Hoosier. When I talk to people, I tell them that.

I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important.

Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He had such a sense of what he could register, and that helped a lot in terms of shaping the character and the script.

A Mac is a closed box, so Apple can make decisions about things that they don't include. That makes, it in some ways, simpler for them.

You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated you try to find reasons why maybe it didn't come off for audiences as well as you would have liked.

My three Ps: passion, patience, perseverance. You have to do this if you've got to be a filmmaker.

You can't tell any kind of a story without having some kind of a theme, something to say between the lines.

Everything comes to an end.

It's not just the light weights that give a long toned look with the Tracy Anderson Method, it's using the body in different rotations while contracting and releasing the muscle, causing it to stretch and lengthen.

George Carlin is brilliant with words, and Johnny Winters is very creative. It's taking something common and drawing out the humor, being clever with words.

Guitar is the best form of self expression I know. Everything else and Im just sort of tripping around trying to figure my way through life.

Let's try winning and see what it feels like. If we don't like it, we can go back to our traditions.

I was in the video for Cyndi Lauper's 'Sally's Pigeons' when I first started acting.

We all dream about love, want to be in love, and have been hurt by love.

When you mind your own business you will never get caught up in all the nonsense.

When I started out, I was absolutely awful, I had no voice, I didn't have a lot of stage presence and most of the interpretive intensity that I brought to the experience was actually terror.

I'm blessed with nice legs, but I see lots of guys with big upper bodies and pencil legs.

I think all of us could play the teacher because we all grew up with teachers. It's just kind of this peeking-over-the-shoulder presence that we've all grown up knowing.

I travel probably four days a week. That's the game of international development. You have to be at your properties. No developer is successful sitting behind their desk.

The only other time I can recall my dad getting upset at me was when I missed a hockey practice. My parents were away, so my buddy and I decided to skip it. I never told my dad about it, but he found out from the coach.

Design adds value faster than it adds costs.

The British film industry has always tried to sell itself as something rather sophisticated. It's almost as if it thinks it is by royal command. It has always tried to claim the high ground, not only over Hollywood but over the whole of humanity!

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.

I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists.

For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work.

'Coraline' is Neil Gaiman's book, it sold a lot, it has a big fan base. It was originally conceived to be live action, but I never really wanted it to be. I always thought that it would work better as an animated film.

Have you ever felt worse after a run?

My father led by example. He wasn't much of a talker - he walked life.

Old is when people compliment your alligator shoes, and you're not wearing any.

Never fight turf on turf. Fight it on the basis of ideas.

Astaire was not a sexual animal, but he made his partners look so extraordinarily related to him.