Laughter is the closest distance between two people.
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
The Pirate is surrealism and so, in a curious way, is Father of the Bride.
I see wonderful films by Bertolucci, Visconti, and Fellini.
Guys are idiots, till they're what, 40 years old.
If something pops in my mind and it's easy, I write it.
We agree that man was not created to survive in space.
The way I look at it you can always get better.
The only drawback is once the work is done you rarely see each other.
I think very often the price paid for a work is the trophy itself.
I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.
I work really well under pressure but I really hate doing things on a timeframe.
There are elements to the 19th century which just don't work for contemporary audiences.
You can't be a playwright without believing there's an audience for adventurous work.
My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can.
He who knows how will always work for he who knows why.
Work and pray, live on hay, you'll get pie in the sky when you die.
You don't work on something for six years and be blind to the myriad of other approaches.
I feel the need to work with my wife, Lena Olin, again.
I don't judge other people's work and I don't see enough of it either.
You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work.
