"You can't buy back your respect you can't buy back your career. You only get one, so I don't want to mess that up."

"I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch I found myself wanting to watch gangster films which were slightly more sophisticated than the baseline stuff that was in westerns."

"If you asked an 18-year-old what they want to do with their life, and the options are 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he's probably shipping out for 'Transformers.' If you ask a 26-year-old what he wants to do, 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he'd probably pick Lars von Trier. So, my sensibilities are changing as I change."

"Well, there's different shades of Hollywood, sure. I mean, I'm working in this business but I'm not Hollywood."

"Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being."

"Wisdom principle 100 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 70."

"Wisdom principle 69 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 17."

"It is a essential truth that strive today so that tomorrow may stand upon solid ground."