Stanley Kubrick was brilliant at getting under the audience's skin. He was very interested in the idea of, 'How can I tell this with just a camera?'

In this life, it's not what you hope for, it's not what you deserve - it's what you take!

The thing about film-making is I give it everything, that's why I work so hard. I always tell young actors to take charge. It's not that hard. Sign your own cheques, be responsible.

When you have to cope with a lot of problems, you're either going to sink or you're going to swim.

Psychiatry is a pseudoscience.... You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do...Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, Matt, you don't even -you're glib. You don't even know what Ritalin is.

I love what I do. I take great pride in what I do. And I can't do something halfway, three-quarters, nine-tenths. If I'm going to do something, I go all the way.

No dream is ever just a dream.

Someday. That's a dangerous word. It's really just a code for 'never'.

Perception and reality are two different things.

I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read.

I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.

Without awareness, we are not truly alive.

Not every given chance deserves love, but every love deserves a given chance.

I've taken up golf in the past five or six years, and most of the time there aren't too many people out there that can drive a ball further than I can.

If you optimize everything, you will always be unhappy.

It is easier to look the other way. But if you do, terrible things can happen.

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

You should shine with all of your light all the time.

I'd rather be broke and have a whole lot of respect. It's the principle of it.

I will do whatever it takes to win a football match.

Cruelty does not make a person dishonest, the same way bravery does not make a person kind.