I've never wanted to be a fireman, in my life. I've never really wanted to grow up and be anything other than a film director.

The people that I associate myself with are people that are looking to make a good product because it's going to benefit them and it's going to help launch their careers.

I'm not really worried about people's perception of what I do, or people's analysis of why I make the decisions I make. I wake up every day with a new interest and a desire for an education.

I really strongly feel that when you approach a drama, you have to approach it with energy, honesty, sincerity, and absolute commitment, or don't do it.

Sometimes in the studio movies I've been working in, you'll put a joke in a movie because the crowd loves it - not because I love it.

Every new project I do is a new invention of myself and reinvigorates me as to why I love the industry.

I've always had great independence on everything I've done. Nobody's ever told me not to do anything.

Everybody's got their tools or their instruments, and it's fun to see how people expose themselves to their profession or their profession becomes who they are.

There's something within contemporary culture which is far more faux masculine than it was when men were really men.

I've protected my protracted period of infancy. For many years. And I have no desire to become an adult.

When you say "Holy Man", I immediately think of Eddie Murphy's finest hour. If it's anything comparable, I'm excited.

When I rise uplet me rise up joyfullike a bird.When I falllet me fall without regretlike a leaf.

Honor, " she said, "is the coin that stays in your pocket when all your silver has been spent.

Fear is a thief. It robbed Peter of a perfectly good walk on water, & kept the other eleven in the boat.

When you reach your peak it's time to die.

Human anger is a higher thing than what is called divine discontent. For you must be angry with something; but you can be discontented with everything.

My hair looks like it had been purchased at a rummage sale after all the real hair was gone.

During my time as England captain I have always been both helpful and direct in my communications with the ECB.

Dreaming carries no risks. The dangerous thing is trying to transform your dreams into reality.

She was a triumph over ugliness, so often more beguiling than real beauty, if only because it contains paradox.

Civil disobedience is a viable political tactic, and a non-violent tactic.