Our world faces incredible economic uncertainty. The notion of what is a super power has evolved, and who actually can carry what muscle has changed.

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.

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

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

Editing is where movies are made or broken. Many a film has been saved and many a film has been ruined in the editing room.

A lot of the songs are written on piano or guitar, so I contribute, and I have done so since the beginning. So it's been good to be involved completely musically as well.

I dont need a pardon. I need a job.

Like, this is my baby. This isn't America's baby.

I like 'Unsung' but I'd rather have a 'Behind the Music' while I'm still breathing.

The force of love is the same as the force of the soul or truth.

The greatest threat that the world faces is a nuclear Iran...

I have to think of moderation, which is not a word that's in my vocabulary. But I try.

I always call him Lewis Carroll Carroll, because he was the first Humbert Humbert.

I don't have anything left to offer in the teen-angst area. I've done it every way I know how.