In a sluggish economy, never, ever f*** with another man's livelihood.

The Moguls is a story about guys that have all grown up together and are now in their late 40s, early 50s.

When I got the script for Memento, I read it and I got killed off on page one and I fired my agent.

I think one of the geniuses of Bound and The Matrix and Memento is the complete collaboration of the effort. There were no rotten apples.

I wanted to play a good guy after doing this lunatic on The Sopranos for two years. And then they did the sequel to Bad Boys, where I get to play the barking captain again.

Bad Boys II has knocked everyone's socks off.

It's such a luxury to be able to be happy about going to work in the morning.

They've been talking about Pi, which I haven't seen, they've been comparing it to Usual Suspects, Sixth Sense, and Fight Club, and I didn't see that either.

I've been very successful doing voices in movies. I did Olive, the Other Reindeer, with Drew Barrymore, and I did Cats and Dogs. My children came to some of the sessions.

Good actors are a dime a dozen, but I want actors that are gonna be part of my team and collaborative.

It's all about people. It's all about the subjectivity of what people love.

God save us from religion.

Every dog has its day. Some even bite.

When a man is in love he endures more than at other times; he submits to everything.

For the will and not the gift makes the giver.

I feel as if I'm clearly part of a trend among writers who take themselves seriously - and I confess to taking myself as seriously as the next writer.

No one's raising children any more. To love a child, you've got to work for it. You have to change its diapers and feed it at night!

I love it in the States. The roads are big, the food is big. If it was possible to be in L.A. and still live my racing life, I would move now.

What you discover about life’s shell game is that it’s hardest to follow the pea when you’re the pea.

Speak little, learn the words of eternity. Go beyond your tangled thoughts and find the splendor of paradise.

Our future is in our hands. Our lives are what we choose to make them.