I have the ordinary experience of having the blender bottom come off in my room upstairs. I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when I'm ….

All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate….

Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself..

What I think is really great about this movie [42], that young people who weren't there will have a chance to have the visceral experience of what Ja….

I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, so nothing of what I was studying seemed to fit. I know now that I should have taken advantage of tha….

My work has always been important to me. The reason I continue to do it is because it's so much fun for me. I love my work and so that's what keeps m….

I get an opportunity to communicate with the audience about the movie that I've made. I get the chance to bring attention to the film that I've made.….

With the CGI, suddenly there's a thousand enemies instead of six - the army goes off into the horizon. You don't need that. The audience loses its re….

When we were making it [Star Wars], none of the effects were in. So the first time, I thought it was, you know, that - I mean, we were surrounded by ….

If people recognize me when I'm out in public, I'm very nice to them. I'm very nice to people even when they don't recognize me. I don't even mind if….

The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth..

The best movies are made from a point of view of an understanding of human nature and an understanding of history and an understanding of what motiva….

I think that the best movies are made, not from a point of view that depends on your personal history, whether it's the color of your skin or the pol….

It's time to change the conversation about nature to focus on what we all have in common: our shared humanity..

If you're going to define me properly, you must think in terms of my failures as well as my successes..

I was 35 when I first hit with Star Wars. I had some degree of maturity and some degree of experience, yet physically I still looked young. That had ….

I had the idea that the film would be much better served by a Branch Rickey lookalike than a Harrison Ford lookalike. I didn't want the audience to g….

Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesn't pay very well..

You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit..

I had no expectation of the level of adulation that would come my way. I just wanted to make a living with a regular role in a television series..

I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored..