"When I was growing up in the '60s I would have thought that westerns would last forever."

"What's the shelf life of a 1931 movie? If it still exists, there will always be film buffs and a niche audience who will want to see it. But in terms of people even understanding in common usage, some of the words we use to describe these movies, I don't know how long that's going to last."

"Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort."

"I don't believe that you can judge the worth of a movie in the atmosphere in which it comes out the first time. There's just so many reasons why some pictures don't catch on."

"Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research."

"I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sports so was very much a pariah through those adolescent years."

"A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it."

"Because I've made a film with such an amazing director as Tarantino, I'm much more conscious of working with good directors from now on, so that's what's important to me. I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones."