"Making movies is like herding cats."

"If there's a British film in the marketplace that is successful on a worldwide basis - whether it's 'A Room with a View,' 'Four Weddings' or 'The Full Monty' - money follows, and everyone tries to emulate that success."

"For us in England, the relative value of the pound against the dollar, that has a huge impact on how easy it is to get our films made in the U.K."

"Somebody has to invest in creating the movies of the future."

"Directly after the show people might have responded better to it, but who really knows. It did what it did and while it seems like a failure to most but it was a success for me and has given me so many opportunities."

"The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals but most people stuff themselves like cattle."

"I've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing."

"You've got to stand up and do your own battles. My daddy taught me that a long time ago, that you fight your own battles. The only way to shut everybody up is to win."