Acting is many things, and one is an exercise of will. In any given scene, you're trying to find where the drama and conflict is and then deploy the actors to play at that point of conflict with precision, control, and complete will.

My films express me, my sense of rhythm, my sense of impact, my sense of kinetic energy. I like films to move, but I like also clear storytelling and characters, and most of all, I like authentic emotion.

Tom Hanks has built his career playing ordinary men.

The best crime stories are always about the crime and its consequences - you know, 'Crime And Punishment' is the classic. Where you have the crime, and its consequences are the story, but considering the crime and the consequences makes you think about the society in which the crime takes place, if you see what I mean.

The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it.

Without any doubt, the Iranian threat is the biggest threat facing the Jewish people since the Second World War.

I am always able to find that solitude. I am always able to find that peace. Which is tight. That is what has helped me keep going.

War consisteth not in battle only, or the act of fighting; but in a tract of time, wherein the will to contend by battle is sufficiently known.