I enjoy that the most powerful person in Hollywood is indeed a Black woman in Oprah Winfrey. I'm hoping to just transcend beyond that.

I love different kinds of movies, and I love different kinds of people. That's the spice of life.

For me, casting is critical. It's nice that social media and the passionate fans really corroborated choices and embraced kids to be characters.

It's always fun watching new actors and new voices come out.

Sometimes you do things that are fundamentally built to touch the world, and you feel good when you're successful doing it, and you're disappeared when the world fails to respond, which also happens.

I don't really think about film or television or going directly to the internet. I just think about doing something that people are going to get excited about.

It's really fun to create something that touches the world.

If you look at Hollywood today, compared to five years ago, 10 years ago, 20 years ago or 30 years ago, the change from moment to moment has always been extraordinary. It never stops moving.

As a filmmaker, I've had films that over-achieved and I've had films that under-achieved. You always go in trying to do your very best.

When you're a kid going on being an adult, everything radiates so deeply and resonates so passionately, and I like the opportunity to tell those stories.

When you're an actor, you show up and it's wonderful because you're in the world of make-believe.

I was in another universe with different laws and distinct truth.

Those who have witnessed executions say there is no sound worse than the weeping of mother watching her son being put to death. They're wrong. There is one sound that is worse. There is silence.

I am a fan of overdoing something, but not running it into the ground. They are complete opposites with only a fine line separating them.

I always wanted kids I could take to work, and for them to experience the things I experience. So, having three boys as a footballer was a dream.

Jay Leno's the only guy on earth who could have a bobble head made of him that would bobble less than his actual head.

The insular arrogance of the English character is a commonplace joke.

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view.

No scandal about Queen Elizabeth, I hope?

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.

You have to care. You can't do good work if you don't care. That's not necessarily a strength, but it gives you strength.