"'The Exorcist' is amazing because it recognizes that silences can be as powerful as sound effects."

"I think once you've finished a movie you really have to detach from it so that you can come back and watch it as an audience member."

"The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg."

"Stanley Kubrick was a big inspiration. People accuse me of never using my own material. But when did Kubrick? You look at his films and they are completely unique... completely separate entities."

"Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends at execution."

"The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share."

"If I had a choice as to my perfect career, I would make a couple of films a year and then concentrate on natural history."

"I was a swimsuit model, and I got bored. Acting was challenging. It was very hard and intimidating. We choose to do things in life sometimes that scare the crap outta us. Performing in front of people was my challenge."