You'll never meet a nicer person, let alone a nicer actress, than Mary Steenburgen.

We love the quality in a person, who can see themselves clearly and isn't ashamed of who they are.

What's great is when you're shooting at the same hotel you're living in, you finish shooting, put your stuff down, take an elevator and go to bed.

You're just always looking for something new. That's why a lot of people bounce between TV and movies. You have the ability to try something else.

You're often trying to fix a script by shooting it.

Most of the guys like sticking to the script and doing just what's written. If they're exploring, they're exploring ways of doing the script.

What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the director. They have a lot of questions, and your job is to have answers.

We always feel safest, I think, around the most dangerous person who's on your side, more than the nice good person who's on your side.

It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying.

A slow smile spread across his lips, and he threaded his fingers through mine. "I can see why I like you.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.

Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters.

A risk-free life is far from being a healthy life.

There's a new power of pull. Pulling resources from the network JUST when you need them.

What would Chess be without silly mistakes?

When the roses are gone, nothing is left but the thorn.

My songs are more arrangements than they are songs.

No Such Thing as Bad Results

She is like all the rest of them. Whether they are seventeen or fortyseven, when they finally come to surrender completely, it's going to be in words.