I find that most of my scripts have a lot more scenes than most films, so the average movie might have 100 scenes, my average script has 300 scenes.

I'm not one of those people who writes long soliloquies.

People who would go to an arthouse cinema and watch a Swedish movie and read subtitles... it's a small percentage.

I have no problem with anyone being precise about small things.

I see a lot of young kids hit me on Twitter all the time, like, 'I want to be famous! Listen to my mixtape! I wish I could be like you!' But a lot comes with it. It's not easy.

We should not anticipate that every time countries come together that we are doing some revolutionary thing. Instead of hitting home runs, sometimes we're going to hit singles.

No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.

Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs.

There is a big difference between The Merchant of Venice and a photograph of two males of different races in an erotic pose on a marble table top.

To Turn all the treasures we possess into the channel of universal love becomes the business of our lives.

I think what makes a good actor's director is the same thing that makes a good director. Acting is just one of the trades necessary to make a movie.

Paint your vision, develop tasks, prioritize action steps and do it now.

But there are other things than dissipation that thicken the features. Tears, for example.

We do have a distorted view of our fantasies in society, but that's because we don't talk about them enough.