with all these tentpoles, franchises, reboots and sequels, is there still room for movies in the movie business?

I think there are always actor parts, and then there are movie-star parts, and an actors always an actor until he does a movie-star part.

There is a fine line between perseverance and madness.

No single movie or event makes or breaks your career. Everything can be undone, including success.

Like the color black, business mixed with anything turns to business.

Self-love knows no impediment.

My sense of Los Angeles was very New York provincial, as in 'all those people are crazy out there' (which they are), and stupid (which they're not), and immoral (it's more interesting than that).

It is just as important to move on in the wake of stunning success as in the wake of disaster.

Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.

The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.

Information is currency. ... Power is a place as well as a verb; it is inside the information tent.

Face the facts squarely. Ask yourself definite questions and demand direct replies.

Perhaps no other book has been denounced so vigorously by those who have never read it as has the Book of Mormon.

Appreciation is the legal tender that all souls enjoy.

Prevention of disease must become the goal of every physician.

Breaking into a country signals quite reliably a willingness to break yet more of the invaded country's laws.

Economics exists to make astrology look respectable.

Tis Better to Sit there and LOOK the fool, than to open your mouth and prove it.

I had traveled 10 states and played over 50 cities by the time I was 4.

I am afraid of people with too much charm. They devour you. In the end you are made a sacrifice to the exercise of their fascinating gift and their insincerity.

Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books, But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.