As I said, I spent most of my adult life thinking I didn't have a vote, and therefore that what I thought didn't matter.
I love doing kind of more kiddish-oriented movies, but I also love doing adult things. And I think it's fun to do a mix.
People love to talk about how the '70s are the only time they made movies about characters, and adult movies, and complicated people. But in the '80s, they got away with some of those too.
No one, however powerful and successful, can function as an adult if his parents are not satisfied with him.
When it comes to expanding opportunity, businesses and young adults are not the sources of the problem - they are a substantial part of the solution.
I think I knew acting was what I wanted to do. But I was from this small town and there was no place for an adult to recognise it.
You know, I grew up watching all kinds of films. So, as an adult, I wanted to be involved in all kinds of plays and television and film.
I have always loved reading books for children and young adults, particularly when those books are mysteries.
Margaret Atwood was the author who took me out of children's literature and guided me towards adult literature.
That's what everyone said attracted them to Lantana - I call it an adult mystery, because it's not a thriller in the sense of that other way, but it is a mystery.
Schools connect children to their communities. Jobs connect adults to their societies. Persons with autism deserve to walk the same path.
I feel as though I've fooled the world into thinking I'm an adult and now they're letting me procreate.
To talk about adults without talking about their sex drives is like talking about a window without glass.
It changed me more than anything else. You don't want to get to that place where you're the adult and you're palpably in the next generation. And, this shoved me into that.
Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.
Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky.
Animation is the one type of movie that really does play for the entire audience. Our challenge is to make stories that connect for kids and adults.
It was like that for the first six months after 'E.T.' was in cinemas. I'd go out and get mobbed. I was a shy kid, and being approached by adults all the time just freaked me out.
I needed to grow up and do things all adults do. It was time to stop having everything spoon fed to me. It was about being independent.
I think growing up is difficult and it's a process that I'm always interested in, with kids and adults, they are often on two different universes.
[last lines] Salvatore 'Toto' Di Vita - Adult: Yes, of course. We'll talk later.
