Everything can be undone, including success.

I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actors always an actor until he does a movie-star part.

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.

Like the color black, business mixed with anything turns to business.

Self-love knows no impediment.

My sense of Los Angeles was very New York provincial, as in 'all those people are crazy out there' (which they are), and stupid (which they're not), and immoral (it's more interesting than that).

It is just as important to move on in the wake of stunning success as in the wake of disaster.

Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.

with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?

The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.

There are no moral obligations in the game of empire.

Be effective not just efficient. Do right things not just things right.

Repeat one word of what I just said and I'll cheerfully beat you to death, Mike.

I miss the way you got me high by that deadly hypnotizing smile.

I love that moment, when you stop struggling to stay awake and your eyelids shut sink down and you slip effortlessly into another realm that’s beckoning to you.

The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

We must not demonstrate any arrogance, and we must refrain from any irrational or undemocratic behavior.

Courage is a self-inflicted quality that gains momentum every time you try it.

Authentic sources. Many authentic sources.

People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another.