One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well.

Every great story seems to begin with a snake.

I like both Blu-ray and DVD, but Blu-ray gives you more options.

Some things are true whether you believe in them or not.

I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence.

I will never forget what happened here tonight. people I went to school with will never forget.

I'm not defining my band by other people's music, but by my own.

I've always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience.

There's a moment in time where kids don't want to hear anything from their parents.

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

I like it when my face tingles when the hair on the back of my neck stands up.

When I do a Western, I often wonder what I would have done in that situation.

I wait and take on projects that I think can work.

I don't give up. I'm a plodder. People come and go, but I stay the course.

I don't take much stock in other people's opinions if I think something's good.

I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics.

Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get.

You have to try to dismiss the loudness of cynicism. It's certainly going to come.

Conventional wisdom is so scary because what if everybody's wrong?