Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.
To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.
The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.
I definitely do want a family. The idea of being a father and providing the type of love, guidance and support that my parents have given me is definitely down the road.
I never went to business school. I was just bumbling through a lot of my life. I was like the guy behind the curtain in The Wizard of Oz.
Sweat equity is the most valuable equity there is. Know your business and industry better than anyone else in the world. Love what you do or don't do it.
I don't think anybody ever started a great business because they wanted to make a little more cash. They had a dream. They wanted to better their life.
I would definitely return to 'Neverland' for a sequel if there was the chance again because we all got on so well, and I think it will be great.
Cell phones tend to bring us more inside of our lives whereas movies offer a chance to escape, so there are two competing forces.
I'm not too proud of the movies I made as a grownup except for 'That Hagen Girl', which nobody remembers but which gave me a chance to act.
Well, a sort of epiphany: I was in a great band. And it's very cool to be at 53 and realise that when you were a kid you were in a great band.
'Twilight' has been a great opportunity, and it's been great fun. Hey, if I'm 50, and someone still wants an autograph for 'Twilight,' OK, cool.
It's going to start really interfering with your quality of life, your health, if you don't adjust to life as it's happening to you.
I'll go to see movies, but I also love being at home on my couch and pausing every 10 minutes to pee.
Mystery is gone to the certainty of technological principles. So the real terror, the real aggression against life comes in the form of the pursuit of our technological happiness.
Perhaps naively I thought people understand what humor was, that it was invented by the human race to cope with the dark areas of life, problems and terrors.
I don't drive around London much. Any journey around Islington involves hundreds of speed bumps that seem to tear the bottom of your car off.
I used to have this Mercedes, a dark blue 450SLC, which was the most beautiful car. I'd like to have another unusual, beautiful car.
At 140, 150, that's when the car starts floating. At 160, that's when you start seeing dead relatives. At 180, it's, like, terrifying and exciting.
Here is a new car, a new iPhone. We buy. We discard. We buy again. In recent years, we've been doing it faster.
