We're going to see a very, very commercial kind of picture-making.

It's only in relatively recent years that Hollywood became the playground of multinational corporations which regard movies and TV shows as a minor irritant to their overall activity.

I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat.

Study the public behavior of top stars and you can detect a keen attentiveness to brand value.

The major media companies are significantly reducing their financial commitment to the motion picture sector.

Do your homework and stand your ground.

Historically, filmmakers always fall in love with every frame, but now that even neophytes are given final cut, this love affair carries with it serious economic implications.

The biggest danger of Hollywood becoming a purely corporate town resides in the creative process.

Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information.

Michael Eisner let it be known last week that he had no intention of leaving the entertainment business once he steps down as CEO of Disney in October.

It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity.

Your habits can guide you in the direction of your dreams or hold you back from achieving them. Look closely at your daily habits and you can predict your future with accuracy.

Knowledge is your shield

For the cause that lacks assistance The wrong that needs resistance For the future in the distance And the good that I can do.

If you were to buy a [BMW] 6-series, I recommend you select reverse when leaving friends’ houses so they don’t see its backside.

True nonviolence is mightier than the mightiest violence.

A poet's work consists less in seeking words for his ideas than in seeking ideas for his words and predominant rhythms.

Our way is not soft grass, it's a mountain path with lots of rocks. But it goes upwards, forward, toward the sun.

You read a lot. - Safer than going on a real adventure

For me as an actor, daring is to tell the truth - to be yourself, no matter how the world interacts with that.

I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.