On Stranger Than Fiction, the script was so good that I stuck to every line because it was just such brilliant writing from Zach Helm that I felt like I really just want to shoot the page.

If there's a God out there, then i would hope he has more important things to attend to than my drinking scotch or eating pork.

I think directing is part play, part work, not just all work, because I think you always have to play. I think that's ultimately why I got into making movies, is because I love to play.

What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me.

One of the main reasons I wanted to work on 'World War Z' was because I'm a huge fan of the book, and I love the idea of taking a non-linear story and creating a three-act structure out of it.

Three days after my brother died, my father was in the hospital. He just did not want to live anymore. Before, he was fighting and loving life.

I realized that a lot of the great directors that I admire from [Ingmar] Bergman to [Fredrico] Fellini re always shooting, then going into the editing room, and shooting again.

I always wanted to do an action movie, not particularly Bond.

I think people, unfortunately, do live in constant fear.

I always try to stay objective, and to remove myself from the process and look at the film again.

Some of the greatest directors never got an Oscar, like Kubrick, or Hitchcock. For me, personally, I think the body of work is more important than winning an Oscar.

Animals are what we are and animals are what we'll stay.

I don't think I can play any other way but all out. I enjoy the game so much because I'm putting so much into it.

Your mind will always try to complete what it pictures, so always picture success no matter haw badly things are going at the moment.

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after.

Attorney General John Ashcroft said there is a new credible terrorist threat. He said everything is under control; not to panic. And then he went back to his harmonically sealed bunker.

Everybody should wish they had home movies of themselves, acting out their lunacy on LSD.

He winked at her. She giggled. And I threw up a little in my mouth

The way I see it, there are just 2 ways to go, livin' fast or dyin' slow! Which way you gonna go?

Computers have changed the world of chess.

I really admire police officers, surgeons, or anyone who works in high stressed situations.