Someone comes and drags you in front of the camera, and they're already saying, "Okay, we got it. Moving on." You get one or two takes. So it's a tough job.

I'm used to doing a lot of dolly tracks.

I really don't know where the independent fits in anymore when twenty-five million dollar movies are considered straight-to-video fare. We're like penny postage stamps.

Facts bring us to knowledge, but stories lead to wisdom.

Planting a tree is the easiest way to align yourself with the cosmic rhythm.

Is death the last sleep? No it is the last final awakening.

I do admire [Willie] Wonka. He's a true capitalist. His factory has zero government regulations, slave labor and an indoor boat. Wonderful.

Definitions would be good things if we did not use words to make them.

When you take a woman away from her man, what you get is a woman who can be taken away from her man.

For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California; to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class; to secure opportunity and equality.

Whether people like it or not, my marketing thought is if you keep something in front of people for too long, they get used to it.

Had the employers of past generations all of them dealt fairly with their men there would have been no unions.

You don't have to sin to be carnal. People who are carnal just means they make all their decisions based on their senses.