A lot of films need planning in order to survive at all. It's part of the dog and pony show

Al Michaels is a good announcer. I think Keith Jackson is a terrific announcer. I always loved him on Monday Night Football. I never understood why they got rid of him

If I was a criminal, stationery stores and bakeries would be the two kinds of places I would concentrate on.

Games sometimes can reveal things. To watch someone in movement, unconscious movement, can be very stimulating and revealing, whether they win or not

It's great to watch someone get the most out of what they can do, whether they're a beautiful performer or just a really gritty performer. It's something to behold.

My interest lies in my self-expression -- what's inside of me -- not what I'm in.

In my first film, Five Corners, I played a very scary, violent crazed character, and it exposed me to a lot of directors.

People are never too young or too old to look for human connection.

The past has to inform the present...

I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son

You think of stars as ambitious or aggressive or self-oriented.

You can change someone by your actions, not by your words

Making a ski resort out of a molehill is wonderful if you’re a Smurf.

…while the outside world was full of danger, I knew my interior. I was certain that I could oust an intruder there.

I used to get into bed with my mother every morning, almost until she died, and talk about everything. She was my closest confidante always. I had no secrets from her.

We should try to introduce our children to science today as a rebellion against poverty and ugliness and militarism and economic injustice.

Connecting today is a dialogue.

International summits and organisations like WTO take decisions, which will bind us and if we are not present in such summits, we may be hurt by the decisions taken.

My first instrument is piano, I play some piano and guitar. So my solo music is more like real singer/songwriter type stuff.

[Students] they did the sonic meditations, I would observe them in their ensembles, and the ensembles improved incredibly. So I knew I had something to do and something to say.

In preparing the soil for planting, you will need several tools. Dynamite would be a beautiful thing to use, but it would have a tendency to get the dirt into the front-hall and track up the stairs.