"I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that. 'The Prestige' with Chris Nolan, and 'Australia.' From my perspective it's very satisfying. Some movies people see and other movies they don't. 'Wolverine,' 'X Men,' I know that in some level people know me just for that and it's fine for me."

"A leader does not command the wind, but sets the sails and steadies the crew. For where clarity resides, peace inevitably follows — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it."

"In the quiet sanctuary of self-reflection, the soul finds its rhythm. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon."

"Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death."

"The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef love, like being enlivened with champagne."

"Every sunset is a reminder that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."

"He who seeks peace must remember that the bonds of friendship are the true treasures of existence."