I think 'Elf' is funny, with Will Ferrell. That's a great Christmas movie.

I think one thing that always attracted me to movies was the personalities. I went to movies not because the stories necessarily appealed to me, but because of the people in them.

I can't imagine any one more delightful to sit and talk with about movies on a regular basis.

There are not that many people in the movies today that really make me go out and buy a movie ticket.

I'm very enthusiastic about the Academy Awards because if there were no Oscars, we wouldn't have as many good movies as we do have.

The press today is full of people who are not qualified and not trying very hard to be good reporters.

America once had the clarity of the pioneer ax.

It's hard to be reverent today when directors make films that are not as good. There will be time later, though, when their lesser films are forgotten and just focus on the greatness.

The closest to Hepburn is Cate Blanchett.

My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working. So I got my stories from films and books. I read a lot, and I love to read to this day.

I strongly believe in the separation of church and state. But freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion, there is a better way.

I was just, like, not at all the office type; I was the artist type.

The truth cannot be delivered with novocaine.

I watch his hands, they're lumpy but clever. "Is there a word for adults when they aren't parents?" Steppa laughs. "Folks with other things to do?

Often people try and just consider music as music, in a musical context. People seem to forget that music is not just audio material - it's also the artwork, the packaging it comes in.

We should be moving vigorously towards renewable energy. The technology of which is right here right now.

To do work that's not going to be fulfilling doesn't make sense.

The ideal itself is but truth clothed in the forms of art.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Mankind has always made too much of its saints and heroes, and how the latter handle the fuss might be called their final test.