Conventionally, one looks at history as something of the past. But after Einstein, who knows what is in the past and what is in the present?

I don't really say much about reviewers. It's a very tough job to get all of the depth of a movie all at once.

Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie.

I'm not a very serious person. You know how they say that clowns are very funny in public and are really sad at home? I'm really kind of stupid at home and more serious in public.

If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.

Government after government has prioritized the preservation of corporatist loyalties over the promotion of economic growth and emphasized clientelist distribution over entrepreneurial innovation and creation of level economic playing field.

No matter what the circumstances are in our business - travel, politics, injury - you got to be in the game. And to be in the game, you got to work hard, and you have to know your craft.

There is no question that the federal government sometimes overdoes it in issuing rules and regulations.