I want an explosion the size of Cleveland.

Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original.

I always had the ability to throw a frisbee pretty well. I don't why.

I like to produce movies and that's where I want to be.

I think once every person on the planet sees 'New Moon' and there's nobody left who hasn't see it, then I think they'll be able to go see 'Ninja.'

When California provides the same value as other locations, I'd gladly shoot all my pictures here.

There aren't a lot of guys like me left. But I'm a war horse. I've been through it all. And you know something about war horses? Through the sleet, through the snow, they just keep going.

My movies have always done pretty well in the UK - 'The Matrix' films did very well in this country and I do like the crews here and the people we're working with here.

There are a lot of times where actors can be a little precious sometimes, and then it's difficult to put them in a situation where there is true hardship.

A lot of movies were influenced by 'Logan's Run,' like 'Minority Report'. A lot of films have those elements in them.

The core of the movie business remains intact and it's not descending in scope. Studios want movies that are bigger than ever.

I learned to dream through reading, learned to create dreams through writing, and learned to develop dreamers through teaching. I shall always be a dreamer.

City of memories, city of mirrors.

We belong far less to where we've come from than where we want to go.

In the beginning, some people try to appear that everything about them is "in black and white, " until later their true colors come out.

The boy can do anything, but to be the star of the World Cup you have got to get to the final and win it!

Unless you're Shannon Hoon (of Blind Melon), dying is the only thing that guarantees a rock star will have a legacy that stretches beyond temporary relevance.

A garden has a curious innocent way of consuming cash while all the time you are under the illusion that you are spending nothing.

Life is much the same when it's going well-- resonant and unremarkable. But who, not under disaster's seal, can understand what life is like when it begins to crumble?

Liken yourself to a beautiful part of creation.

I preferred to set off and perish in search of my own kind than to live a lonely half-life of physical comfort and spiritual death on this murderous island.