I want to inspire the next generation. I want to be in mission control with someone younger than me wanting to break my record.
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, capitalism is the worst economic system except for all the other forms.
Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer.
Once you realize that trickle-down economics does not work, you will see the excessive tax cuts for the rick as what they are -- a simple upward redistribution of income, rather than a way to make all of us richer, as we were told.
As South Korea shows, active participation in international trade does not require free trade. Indeed, had South Korea pursued free trade and not promoted infant industries, it would not have become a major trading nation. It would still be exporting raw materials (e. g. , tungsten ore, fish, seaweed) or low-technology, low-price products (e. g. , textiles, garments, wigs made with human hair) that used to be its main export items in the 1960s.
Equality of opportunity is not enough. Unless we create an environment where everyone is guaranteed some minimum capabilities through some guarantee of minimum income, education, and healthcare, we cannot say that we have fair competition. When some people have to run a 100 metre race with sandbags on their legs, the fact that no one is allowed to have a head start does not make the race fair. Equality of opportunity is absolutely necessary but not sufficient in building a genuinely fair and efficient society.
The best way to boost the economy is to redistribute wealth downward, as poorer people tend to spend a higher proportion of their income.
We are constantly protecting the male ego, and it's a disservice to men. If a man has any sensitivity or intelligence, he wants to get the straight scoop from his girlfriend.
I put steam on the table by being an actor. That is how I live. The longer I live, the more expensive it becomes. So I do my work. And I can't be immensely picky. How many beautiful scripts come in one's lifetime? I have had more than anybody, practically.
I see graphic design as the organization of information that is semantically correct, syntactically consistent and pragmatically understandable.
My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, 'How much is that?'