It's so hard to find a director who, when you look at their body of work, you like everything.

The amount of piracy is extraordinary. People don't realize how big it is.

I think when you're doing something cutting edge like 'The Matrix,' it might mean when everybody's saying 'no' that you're really on the right track.

I don't like the term 'ensemble.' It's bland to me.

One of the things that's driving films in a particular direction is that the after market value of them is dropping really fast and in many segments of it, not just DVDs. Pay television is dropping.

Everybody has a background. Everybody has a past. Not everybody's the same person all the way through.

What I keep searching for in movies, more and more, is the right gravity.

What I can't figure out is why we're not making more R-rated movies, actually.

My experience is that you can't possibly win against whatever the tidal wave is that's coming at you.

If the studio wants to spend money on making your movie better, let them.

I mean, I'm not a contrarian.

Life is a dream. We wake up when we die

When you revenge from the one you love

The world produces enough food for everyone. Why are one billion people going hungry?

For all prayer is answered. Don't tell God how to answer it.

People need to understand that the technology is for them. It's not to them. It's not over them. People still sometimes want to be led a little too much.

When you're in your twenties, it's the last time you have the chance to experiment with multiple identities, to decide who you're going to be in life.

And at the same time, I had my very first concert at the age of 16. I hadn't heard a symphony orchestra before, and I was so deeply impressed I said I have to be a conductor.

Gather all Leaves in the hour of that Planet that governs them.

You know how I be. Last week Kobe couldn't do without me.

Humor is a reminder that no matter how high the throne one sits on, one sits on one's bottom.