It was really hard to find another project after my first film.

You need to feed yourself with emotions and life or youll become empty.

In any group there is more or less tension between people, and there are complicities and affinities.

I think it's very boring for a director to always do the same kind of movies.

Everything goes by so fast that if you want to be a part of it, you need to go that fast. But because you go that fast, you don't lead the life you should lead.

You have to draw on your unconscious when you make a film - you can't worry about whether it's costing a lot of money.

I spent all my youth with horses.

Directing remains very psychological, and it takes a lot of time and reflection. When you're an actor, it takes less time, and you can express yourself physically.

I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.'

I'm an absolute fan of 1970s New York in films like 'Mean Streets' and 'Dog Day Afternoon.

Music is one of the important things for me in cinema.

A popular myth is that learning is largely a matter of motivation. Increasingly, the key to effective learning in the information era is how you think, not how you feel.

Man generally is entangled in insoluble problems; history is consequently a tragedy in which we are all involved, whose keynote is anxiety and frustration, not progress and fulfilment.

Read the Bible. Work hard and honestly. And don't complain.

A voice speaks to each of us in the still silent places - a voice that tells us to stand, to have courage, to do what is right.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

When things aren't working out as you wish, be patient. Stop trying to move ahead of God. His timing is perfect. Trust Him.

You will be loved and respected only if you love and respect yourself.

I don't feel rivalry. I'm the least competitive person you'll meet ever, to a fault.

Only lately, like within the last few years, have I had people actually do an impression of me to me, which weirds me out to think of what they have picked up on, without ever realizing it myself

My God, my higher power. It's mine and mine alone. I create my connection and I decide how my connection is going to be.