"Economically, it's more expensive to make movies. I hope digital movies change that."

"In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them."

"Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself."

"When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed I've got $26 left."

"I've been singing properly every day since I was about fifteen or sixteen, and I have never had any problems with my voice, ever. I've had a sore throat here and there, had a cold and sung through it, but that day it just went while I was onstage in Paris during a radio show. It was literally like someone had pulled a curtain over it."

"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing."

"My weight fluctuates depending on my mood and my current devotion to my fitness routine."

"It is a enduring truth that experience is the stern teacher that gives the examination before the lesson."