“Last year, when 'Black Swan,' 'True Grit' and 'King's Speech' all grossed over $100 million, it gave studios and independent financiers the confidence to make daring movies and not do the same old you-know-what.”

“I think as an American society, when we're paying too many taxes or dealing with war, we don't want to see sad things at the movies.”

“I hope that I would be considered romantic. I don't know... one of my favorite movies is 'The Notebook' so I guess that would be considered romantic. But I think being romantic is more than the flowers and the gifts. It's about connecting with the person and being able to talk and share things with her.”

“I've had some movies that have been ridiculed, but that's OK with me. I don't feel that really defines me. Should I change who I am to be popular?”

“My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything.”

“But I don't think there has ever been anything written on the nature of violent man as deep and as thorough as Shakespeare's Titus. I think it puts all modern movies and modern exploitations of violence to shame.”

“Movies for adults sucked in the 1980s, and music for adults sucked even worse whether we're talking about Kathleen Turner flicks or Sting albums, the decade's non-teen culture has no staying power at all.”

“Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.”

“Cinema is visually powerful, it is a complete experience, reaches a different audience. It's something I really like. I like movies.”

“I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good.”

“The way Hollywood portrays mothers - you're either all good and saint-like, or you're all bad. And I think the real honesty of motherhood is not given a voice in movies. I miss that as an audience member.”

“If you go to Sundance, the experience that I've had there as a viewer is... there's like a hundred movies there, and you've got to figure out what movies are sold out, what can you see. Sometimes you go to see movies that you don't know anything about because it just works into your schedule.”

“I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.”

“It's fun to go to the movies and be scared.”

“My dream role would probably be a psycho killer, because the whole thing I love about movies is that you get to do things you could never do in real life, and that would be my way of vicariously experiencing being a psycho killer. Also, it's incredibly romantic.”

“I love vampire movies. I think they are sexy.”

“Movies were never an art form, they were entertainment. It just evolved into an art form from there, and it's still evolving in different ways.”

“I want to be around for a long time, singing and making albums and movies.”

“But then I go through long periods where I don't listen to things, usually when I'm working. In between the records and in between the writing I suck up books and music and movies and anything I can find.”

“I love huge movies. Not sure I am the guy to make them, but you can rely on me being there watching them.”

“I don't stop. It's my nature. People have to tell me to slow down. I plan on playing every role on Broadway. I want to do 'Evita.' I want to do 'Sweeney Todd' with Chris Colfer. We want to do 'Wicked.' I'll be Elphaba and he wants to play 'Guy-linda.' I want to do movies, make music. 'Glee' is only the beginning.”