I called my son Jett and I wanted to call my daughter Qantas but my wife wouldn’t let me.

Every move he makes is a selling shot. I was overwhelmed.

Not really since ‘The Godfather’ had I felt anyone tried to nail the era (so well).

The maze … was such a mind-altering and life-changing experience. … My gosh, I mean for something that’s pretend it changes your viewpoint on life,

[In addition to] A Civil Action, … The Thin Red Line.

I will be doing DALLAS. I heard LARRY (HAGMAN) approved of me. We were in PRIMARY COLORS together and so it was sweet for him to give his seal of approval.

You just activated a nuclear warhead, my friend.

We really had a commitment to the firefighters to finally get this movie right. Especially after September 11. We really wanted to put our best foot forward and kind of leave our egos at the...

They’re creative, they’ve got stamina and a sense of fun. You couldn’t ask for more,

I was just thinking of James Dean and Marilyn Monroe and how young they were when they died. I would like to be a pop icon who survives. I would like to be a living...

When I was a kid in the 60s, believe it or not, most of you are younger and don’t know that, but it was a blast to fly! You dressed up, you got in your...

I wanted my own little airliner in the backyard, … I’d have my girlfriends use their Brownie uniforms to be the flight attendants, and I was the captain and they would have to pretend they...

When I first started making films like ‘Saturday Night Fever’ and ‘Urban Cowboy,’ those were accidents as far as social impact is concerned and we didn’t know what we were doing as far as the...

There are unwanted emotions and pain that goes along with any birth.

Those are usually your better parts because you’re not worried about the likeability, … I think it’s a great movie because of the idea that we’re not afraid to be at moments unappealing and true...

[Devito, with the help of director Quentin Tarantino, persuaded the actor to make this one.] He couldn’t convince me at first because I wasn’t familiar with the book, and then he had Quentin call me,...

I would love to do that, … We’re planning on doing that in the near future, perhaps later this year.

It’s basically like old home week. You get to hang out with your buddies.

What if you built a carport, but for a plane, and with a Frank Lloyd Wright feel?

Yesterday we left the house, kissed the kids goodbye, then we went into the back yard, got in a jet and flew to London. That was pretty cool,

Come fly with me, come fly, come fly away …

There’s no reason why a film shouldn’t choose Florida. But the incentive matters.

When all else fails, fresh tactics!

I’ve hit a milestone in my life, turning 50, and if I waited any longer I’d have to write two books. I’ve had such a full life, I really want to share it.

We’d use IVF. It’s not a big deal any more. Children are such a joy.

He lives with his creativity in high gear.

What we’ve seen in the shelters is wonderful, because people are being taken care of. What we’ve seen in the city is disastrous.

It’s hard to make a cultural phenomenon every time.

Gilmore Girls.

He and Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift the three of them represented a new age in acting. Acting entered a kind of realism [in the mid-’50s] that was exploring depth of emotion for males, and...

It would be another side game to play.

You try to keep the delivery room quiet so there’s nothing recorded in the child’s mind that shouldn’t be there while there’s pain going on.

it blew me away. We hit every note the reader loved, almost by survey.

I could never get a script right, … Cut to years later and I have this comeback, and I’m too old to play Jonnie, and it’s time to play the villain.

And now after all this time I finally figured out how to trap him… I will become him.

I grew up with these kind of men.

Does he … does he like me?

It’s always good to be at an Aussie event.

I have to believe there’s some other life force out there. I don’t know in what form. But we can’t have all these galaxies and universes without something going on.

So you know what I’m gonna do? I’m gonna do something really outrageous, I’m gonna tell the truth.

Rocky.

I have my Qantas wings, I’m very proud of that,

I will direct one day, but I have a feeling that it will be very limited.

I would really love to do it here. We’re just at home and as happy as we can be here.