"There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut."

"The cinema began with a passionate, physical relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of the beloved. No matter where the cinema goes, we cannot afford to lose sight of its beginnings."

"Working with HBO was an opportunity to experience creative freedom and 'long-form development' that filmmakers didn't have a chance to do before the emergence of shows like 'The Sopranos.'"

"Film in the 20th century, it's the American art form, like jazz."

"My father was, like, the token bad white guy in all the old Jackie Chan/Bruce Lee films."

"To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others."

"My parents were both actors my dad sort of quite early on. My mother acted for a while, and now she's a painter."

"And having a strong family, you know we've lost some members of our family and had some setbacks, but I think a good family and kids all those things I thought at one time... you got to be kidding me... Those things are so important they enable you to go on."