 Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision. |
| Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do. |
| I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches. |
| I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about. |
| Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative. |
| I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night. |
| If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment. |
| You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them. |
| It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money. |
| I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me in a play when I was 12. And I was hooked. |
| Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination. |
| I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars. |
| American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information. |
| I wouldn't even get elected. I'd probably deck a couple of people, too which would not play very well with the national media. |
| I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything. |
| I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed. |
| Considering the fact that I've used it in the past, and know what it is, and seen the results of it, I don't view marijuana as a dangerous drug. |
| There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers. |
| I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing. |
| When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous. |
