I was the only white kid in my neighborhood for most of my youth even in high school, so reverse racism was just as apparent as racism.

Every time you make a movie it's an adventure.

I was planning on going to Yale to theater school.

Any time you're a type, your career's over.

We apply the catechism by opening Italy's doors to women and children who come here legally on aeroplanes, but no more men on rubber dinghies. We will help them grow up and work in their own countries. Let's spend in Africa the money that needs to be spent.

Does anyone want to see a person who's making the money that the newspapers say I'm making complaining, 'Woe is me, my life is terrible, and people are being unfair?' No one would've had any patience for that. I wouldn't have any patience for that.

Carefully calculate the potential size of your market to make sure you can grow. Before starting Mint, I knew that there were about 20 million people who had purchased 'Quicken' or 'Microsoft Money' over the years, and 80 million people using online banking in the U.S. alone.

Silicon Valley has been a technology capital like New York is a financial capital.