"The nature of motion capture is only going to work for certain films. It's not going to put any other type of movies out of business."

"No journalist has ever been in my house and no photographs have ever been taken of where I live. I don't parade my family out for display, which is the way it will stay."

"I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are good."

"But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think I'm very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time."

"We are biological creatures. We are born, we live, we die. There is no transcendent purpose to existence. At best we are creatures of reason, and by using reason we can cure ourselves of emotional excess. Purged of both hope and fear, we find courage in the face of helplessness, insignificance and uncertainty."

"I think there are opportunities for women in comedies - how zany is up to them."

"We awaken in others the same attitude of mind we hold toward them."

"To master the mind is to understand that the silence between the notes creates the music."