“If an Internet company steals content, they shut it down. And let me tell you, Apple France, Yahoo France or Google France, none of them have gone out of business.”

“What makes the most money for this business? Dead rock stars.”

“Reading is not a duty, and has consequently no business to be made disagreeable.”

“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”

“But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.”

“Everyone has an invisible sign hanging from their neck saying, 'Make me feel important.' Never forget this message when working with people.”

“The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'”

“Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It's about whether or not you get the chance to do good work.”

“If you create something that is asking for people to respond as they're going to respond, you have to allow them to respond as they're going to respond. Some of the people are going to be uninterested and some people are going to be mad for some reason, which is their business. That's just the way the world is.”