I just don't believe that you can't make anything happen. I think if something's good and you believe in it, and you care about it, and you give it l….

Pauline Kael had seen Nashville, and she loved Nashville. When I called her, she immediately responded to me because we had become friends, and I tol….

I know everybody. I make friends easily. I'm a gregarious guy, I'm open, I'm easy to get to know - I don't lock myself in an ivory tower. So I like p….

In New York City there are interesting characters and there are interesting stories. There's a story on every street corner. I love it. I think that'….

Relationships are the only thing that matter in business in life..

I learned I'm not a good executive, I'm an entrepreneur and I'm creative. I have to go with my gut and do what I want to do..

I am humble. It was an honor, and I cried the first time I saw the film His Way. Because to have people of that caliber, like Julia Roberts, take the….

Talented people have to do what they do. Someone can criticize but you do what you do..

That story about the two women in my life is - a lot of people get upset, a lot of people question it. Steven Soderbergh said to me, "The story of yo….

As my life went on and I met Frank Sinatra and people like that, and I watched live performers on stage, I learned how to tell a story. Because if yo….

If asked my philosophy, it would be simply this: Savor life, don't press too hard, don't worry too much..

As soon as you feel comfortable, that's when it's time to start over..

Do not get attatched to the world as it is. Because the world is changing something new is coming..

Every minute doing one thing is a minute not doing something else. Every choice is another choice not made another path grown over lost..

I'm a good party guest...the problem is, I feel like I'm working all the time. "Give us an Elvis Presley story! Give us a Frank Sinatra story!".

Liberace was Elton John and Lady Gaga before they even dreamed of it..

George Clooney says that I'm "the last of your kind." That's a nice quote. I kind of like that quote. I'm a guy who shakes your hand and will never l….

My mother lived her life through movies and books - she read everything there was to read. And she read to me every night. I never went to sleep with….

I am persistent about everything I believe in. If there's a film I want to do, a record, a Broadway show - I do it. Everybody can hate it but I will ….

I can do anything - but that doesn't mean I should do that. I need to enjoy what I do. I enjoy making movies..

Money! They go together. Franchise; money. Money; franchise..