 I wasn't allowed to go to movies when I was kid; my father was a minister. 101 Dalmatians and King of Kings, that was the extent of it. |
| Dakota Fanning is a child, but she is a wonderful actor. I don't know what a child actor is. She's an actor who's a child. |
| My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque. |
| One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy. |
| When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They hated Passion of The Christ, it worked out pretty well for the box office. So let's get that going. |
| I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post office. It's not that long ago. I like to think that I'm just a regular guy. |
| I don't concern myself with award. I'd been to the party enough times to know it really didn't matter. |
| Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation. |
| If you don't trust the pilot, don't go. |
| My mother never gave up one me. I messed up in school so much they were sending me home, but my mother sent me right back. |
| In any profession it gets to be a grind. |
| Family is life; acting is making a living. |
| If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don't just be mad at him or her. |
| The last few years I've been saying I was ready to quit. It wasn't that interesting to me. Now that I'm directing, it's all new again. |
| I'm not a film buff. I don't watch a lot of movies. |
| I've worked with children all my life. |
| You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity. |
| Meryl and Katharine Hepburn are probably the two greatest actresses of this and the last century. |
| I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith. |
| I think the bottom of the totem pole is African-American women, or women of colour. I think they get the least opportunities in Hollywood. |
