The action pictures I've been typically involved with, when somebody gets punched, you really feel the punching, and when somebody gets shot, you really feel the shot.

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.

What is madness but nobility of the soul at odds with circumstance.

All sorrows are bearable if there is bread.

What paper planes and empty seats most have in common is that they are best made by children still learning how to ride things out.

I feel like my mum is in heaven sharing a cup of tea with Lady Fate and plotting my life out like a chess game.

I failed angst in high school. They let me graduate anyway.

You can't expect everyone to love you. I'm not someone who just wants to throw out hate, just because.

Our children must follow in our footsteps; after all, we are older and know about the world.

He glosses over and doesn't even tell the truth....Here is a guy who is the ultimate flip-flopper running for president, and he's attacking me for not being principled? That doesn't wash.

Candidate Obama promised to fundamentally transform America and that's one promise he has kept. Turning a shining city on a hill into a sinking ship.

What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.