"I'm as conservative as they come."
"When I did 'Stardust,' I was fighting the studio for things I believed were right."
"President Trump cut regulations, allowing businesses large and small to expand and hire. The Democrats created those regulations."
"I pick and choose when I want to be in spotlight, which is only connected to my work and when I need to use the media."
"I'll never be a good writer, and no chance of being a good actor."
"A favorite film? The first 'Ice Age' and the first 'Despicable Me.' They're the films that have introduced me to characters that I still feel extremely bonded with."
"I see myself as a first-draft writer, so when I sit down to write something, the first draft is usually pretty close to the end draft."
"You know why I don't like that camera? Because it prevents me from seeing you!"
"There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups... but they're coming for ya. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb."
"It is very difficult for an actor to replace another actor who has already created an image."
"Working on 'Skyfall' was the most enjoyable experience I've ever had on a movie, ever."
"'The Sound of Music' did more damage to the industry than any other picture. Everyone tried to copy it. We were the biggest offenders."
"In a traditional TV show or movie, your hero is always where the action is. But in real life, at the end of the movie 'Fargo,' when Bill Macy is arrested, Marge is nowhere to be found because it's a different jurisdiction, and she wouldn't be there. I took that to heart."
"I think writers have become hypnotised by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character."
"There's this common sense idea that in order to appeal to the biggest number of people, you have to write something very general, but my experience is the more specific you make something, the more people respond to it, in a very odd way."
"I definitely think we get a lot of respect for what we do, but I definitely think that some people don't like us, which is fine."
"Many people have vied to become the third Weinstein brother, and I'm not sure why, but that distinction only goes to one person - Quentin Tarantino."
"I always think people vote with their wallets and their pocketbooks."
"I am an entrepreneur, but not in the conventional sense. I have learnt business as time passed, but I do not have a B-school education."
"Susan Lucci was the biggest star in the daytime galaxy, and she served it up hot and fresh and chic five days a week. Before there was Joan Collins's Alexis Morrell Carrington Colby Dexter Rowan on 'Dynasty,' there was Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Montgomery Montgomery Chandler Marick Marick Montgomery on 'All My Children.'"
"Nowadays, people always say, how come he's doing such young shows? But they never mention The Mod Squad. I was very proud of that show. It's the first time an African-American guy kissed a white girl."
"I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years."
"Stephen Sondheim is calculus for actors. The words are witty and brilliant and profound but complicated."
"I appreciate actors who work very hard to get at the truth of the character they're playing. That speaks to me, and I try to protect that process because I value the focus and intention behind it."
"I remember myself as an asthmatic child, having great difficulties at 7, 8 and 9 years old, falling totally in love with 'Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle' and dreaming of having his strength to leap into trees and throw mighty lions to the ground."
