Unfortunately for critics and audiences alike, I have made several films, and some films with really terrific actors. And I say this at my own peril, but Marion Cotillard is the best actor I've ever worked with.
Mark Twain was a great traveler and he wrote three or four great travel books. I wouldn't say that I'm a travel novelist but rather a novelist who travels - and who uses travel as a background for finding stories of places.
Mark Twain created a new type of literature and not a lot of people can say that. Not a lot of people can say they're absolutely original and completely self-made.
And I don't say that we didn't expect it, but we were pleasantly surprised to see the generosity of their foreign policy; and the generosity of their foreign policy at that moment was expressed through the Marshall Plan.
I guess you could say I want to become like Martha Stewart - just a sexier version!
It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs.
The movies I make - the goal isn't a mass audience. They're not expensive films. So the attempt is to reach a much more limited audience - one would say an audience that enjoys films that challenge them emotionally and intellectually.
I wish I could say I had this master plan for a career, but I always thought acting was something I'd just do until I had a hit record.
I always say I wish I was in my prime matching up against LeBron. Let's see how many championships he would have won then.
I will say this: Boy, did I get lucky to work with Matt Drudge and Arianna Huffington.
I know I'm supposed to say this, but I really, genuinely think Matt Damon is a great dude.
I guess you could say I have grown up, matured. I have seen a lot, and I guess that probably sums it up.
Twitter is a form of free speech, and I'm all for that. But if Cee Lo Green, a maverick of sorts, can't get on Twitter and say something outlandish or outrageous, then what is the whole point of Twitter at all?
If I somehow felt like having a site which strictly validates was an indication of my manhood, maybe I'd do it, but it really means very little to me. We're mavericks over here, what can we say?
If I have something to say, I want it to be meaningful.
If anybody asks me where I'm from, my first inclination is to say, 'Washington,' because that's where I grew up meaningfully.
No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of medieval Europe or pious India.
I would say I'm a medium-sized 'Star Trek' fan. I love the universe that it's created.
I have visited Australia several times, and I always try to make a point of going to Melbourne because it's almost my favorite city there, Melbourne and Sydney. But I shouldn't say that because I haven't been everywhere-and I'm very fond of Perth too!
Much as I adore the melodies, I choose a song for what it has to say.
