Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

Rivalry doesn't help anybody.

The goal of management is to remove obstacles.

Only walk UP THE STEPS

I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me.

I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record.

I do know that I have to work hard for every single thing that I get, really hard, and that's okay.

God has given me a lot of ability to play the game of baseball.

Writing is 1 percent inspiration, and 99 percent elimination.

Growing up I never got into comic books at all. I didn't have any inspiration for it.

I'd like to keep singing - whether that's small or big. To stop singing for a living would break my heart.

Style is the instrument you can pick back up when you want to regain some of the confidence you've lost.