The financial implode is bound to be reflected in the movies that are being made, there's no question.

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.

I always want my options to be open.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.

The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

I am natured into blissful radiance by nature, Natura, and my elemental friends.

Good heart, good soul.

Some commit slow suicide with the sweet poison of their memories.

It's good to vandalize one's own work.

Leadership defined: An equal and dual commitment to both results and relationships without compromising one for the other.

I am alive, and drunk on sunlight.

Today I know that there is still work to be done, but along the way I am achieving my dreams.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

In my view, Africa's real problems are cultural.

Despite very harsh living conditions and the trauma of what they went through, they [Sudanese refugees] had a lot of dignity