I do have to say I have been very fortunate.

I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there.

The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.

I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.

Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.

Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people.

It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't.

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.

There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible.

Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.

I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.

I prefer to rule and work in Nigeria in a free and independent way. I was born free, and I want to die free in the name of my country.

Enlightenment comes when you understand the language of heart - the language of tree, birds and the nature.

Make thought a whirlwind.

What's interesting about Laurel and Hardy is that in most comedy teams, there's a straight man, and then there's the funny guy. And with Laurel and Hardy, they're both the funny guy.

No man can get rich himself unless he enriches others.

To know you are one with what you are doing, to know that you are a complete athlete, begins with believing you are a runner.

I'm not a boy now. I'm a man, I hope. I hope I've had my artistic bar mitzvah somewhere.

Oh thank you, Jesus." "It's Roarke." He tapped a finger on Eve's head. "You really shouldn't forget your own husband's name.

Carrying 200 pounds of velvet and satin around a stage for 90 minutes - that's man's work, let me tell you.

First, nutrition is the master key to human health. Second, what most of us think of as proper nutrition--isn't.