Our military thought that they couldn't get to Pearl Harbor, that it was too long a journey from Japan to get there, and they proved us wrong.

It's very difficult to release an X-rated movie.

You have to start at the very bottom and you've got to do every job. I did that so I could understand what everybody does. I didn't become this huge producer overnight. It took many, many years.

Because you can't do anything halfway, you've got to go all the way in anything you do.

Well, I don't look back and celebrate. I just always worry about the next one.

I love entertaining people and this is entertainment.

We know as filmmakers where you draw the line.

If you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who rise above it.

We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences.

Sometimes we'll only get one script in a year that we want to make that we feel is good enough.

What I do is try to stay away from the hot subjects.

Behind your skin, your bones, your heart and your mind, you are simply a mirror of the universe, all of its history and its future in a single breath.

The only difference between a saint and a pervert is Hypocrisy.

We read fantasy to find the colors again, I think. To taste strong spices and hear the songs the sirens sang.

It always amazes me when I see young people with raw talent and passion.

I'm the most carefree mo'fo' in the world.

Justice should remove the bandage from her eyes long enough to distinguish between the vicious and the unfortunate.

Circumspection is not one of my better, favorite conditions, really.

What is worst about America was acted out. What is best in America doesn't export.

I'm not an anarchist, but I believe that people don't want the royal family - the so-called royal family.