Go to the poor there you will find God.
I grew up in Hollywood. Saying my name here is like mentioning Ford in Detroit
Life is a very emotional experience.
The more decisions you make, the better, statistically, your odds of success are. And what I also learned was, it doesn't matter: anything can be fixed. When you're directing, you can agonize, but you can't indulge. Stuff has to happen
If you're playing with the best, you just rise up to that level
I don't want to do an action movie, because I've acted in them, and they're so boring to do, because they're so technical. The headache of that is daunting. But, if it were an action movie with really interesting characters, how great would that be?
We want to live in the black and white, but we don't. The world is gray. And, I'm always fascinated by people who are clearly, 'This is black and this is white, and that's the way life is. ' Life always has something to say about that.
I didn't really want to be a celebrity. It just kind of happened to me.
I actually am a phobic twitchy sort of nervous guy.
Everybody wants something.
Benedict Arnold was a war hero, wounded in battle--before he turned against his country. Hitler was likewise a decorated and wounded veteran of the First World War. Being a war hero is not a lifetime. . . exempt[ion]. . . from responsibility for what you do thereafter.