If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job. Votes: 6
Confidence is preparation in action. Votes: 6
One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story is its own kind of expedition, with its own set of challenges. Votes: 5
I'm not a caterer. I just have to stay with my creative convictions. At some point, you have to just get past the special-interest groups and do what you're there to do, which is make a movie. Votes: 4
It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business. Votes: 4
A long time ago, I stopped trying to look at projects as genre exercises. Votes: 3
Every religion, in my opinion, has something to bring, and I think we all learn from everyone that there's no right, perfect way to look at something. Votes: 3
I just don't think of myself as an actor much at all, so I don't lust after any particular roles. Votes: 3
Sports always works for us more allegorically or metaphorically and that's what's fantastic about why we love them. You demonstrate the limits to which a human being can go and they keep pushing the boundaries of that. Votes: 3
There's a very real argument that the minute we are capable of going to a planet, whether it's Mars or another one, and inhabiting it, that we really should. Votes: 3
3-D is a truly exciting possibility. Votes: 1
Of course, I was completely enthralled by the space program as a kid - particularly Apollo 11 - and was glued to the television like most of the world. Then I stopped thinking about it too much. I was a little disappointed that they weren't going on to Mars at the time, but I didn't think much of it. I was more interested in becoming a director at that point in my life and falling in love, things like that. Votes: 1
When Apollo 13 appeared as an opportunity and I began to tackle that in as authentic a way as I possibly could, I really became enthralled by the philosophical side of space travel, and why we need to explore - what it means to us here on Earth - all of those things. I became a huge proponent. Votes: 1
Death can be experienced once, winning maybe more, but losing can happen all the time. Votes: 0
Humor is unavoidable. It might not feel funny in the moment, but more often than not there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Votes: 0
I think it's in our nature to try to get beyond that next horizon. I think that when we as a species are scratching that itch we're actually following an evolutionary compulsion that is wired into us. I think good things come of it. That's the philosophical side. Votes: 0
I think more and more scientists are becoming convinced that it's very likely that life forms of some kind exist all around the universe not so far from us. Votes: 0
I think the most important thing really was that you could take very personal ideas and present them to an audience in entertaining ways. Votes: 0
I've acted with all types, I've directed all types. What you want to understand, as a director, is what actors have to offer. They'll get at it however they get at it. If you can understand that, you can get your work done. Votes: 0
I've just looked for ideas and great characters that I relate to and that I think I can offer something to the audience, and I no longer look at them as experiments or genre exercises at all. Votes: 0
The sooner we become a multi-planet species, the safer the species is, and the stronger the guarantee that we're going to continue to evolve. Votes: 0
You reach a point where you say you're not going to do juveniles any longer. Votes: 0
You're always a little surprised when something really takes off. Votes: 0