Because movies have gotten so expensive, and they're so expensive to market, that means that for a movie to break even or to make its money back, everybody has to go see the movie, and if everybody has to go see the movie, then it can't be about anything.

When they invented the Steadicam, every movie had to have a fight in a stairwell. Whenever there's a new thing, it's abused until artists realize what a Steadicam as a tool can be. And now I defy people to be able to see Steadicam shots, because we know how to do them and make them invisible.

You just have to do your art. Nothing can stop you.

We are ultimately alone in that we are ultimately responsible for ourselves.

I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance.

For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.

Demographics show that we are entering a battle between young and old. I call it the 'Age War.' The young want to hang onto their money to grow their families, businesses, and wealth. The old want the tax and investment dollars of the young to sustain their old age.

I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in 1941.