I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad… he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things.

Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

Hackathons are these things where just all of the Facebook engineers get together and stay up all night building things. And, I mean, usually at these hackathons, I code too, just alongside everyone.

Steven Spielberg was my childhood hero.

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

A director makes 100 decisions an hour. Students ask me how you know how to make the right decision, and I say to them, ‚If you don’t know how to make the right decision, you’re not a director.‘

Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help… Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.

The amount of trust and bandwidth that you build up working with someone for five, seven, 10 years? It’s just awesome. I care about openness and connectedness in a global sense.

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

I don’t want a brat on my team.

My fate cannot be mastered; it can only be collaborated with and thereby, to some extent, directed. Nor am I the captain of my soul; I am only its noisiest passenger.

Through my films I’m eventually trying to one day tell the truth. I don’t know if I’m ever going to get there, but I’m slowly letting pieces of myself out there and then maybe by the time I’m 85, I’ll look back and say, ‚All right, that about sums it up.‘

I could imagine at a certain age, when I have no vocal cords left, that I would find a young man who could sing my parts for me. But I don’t see why I would stop.

I was approached about having my own network many, many years ago. There were some people who wanted to start up a network, and I didn’t want to get that involved in the business aspect of it.

In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can’t replace the magic of four people in a room playing.

You’ve got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.

It would be great to be 105 and still making films.

We will naturally pursue our goals on the strength of our own resources, skills and enterprise. But, we know that we will be more successful when we do this in partnership with the world.

I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I’d love to do something production wise for her.

I’d like to do a completely off-the-wall collaboration. I would like one of my songs to be the hook to a rap song. That would be so much fun!

Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.

I just really want to get music out and tour and go places I’ve never been, and just do more videos. I love photography and videography, and so I really want to direct videos when I can.

Here in America, we don’t let our differences tear us apart. Not here. Because we know that our greatness comes from when we appreciate each other’s strengths, when we learn from each other, when we lean on each other, because in this country, it’s never been each person for themselves. No, we’re all in this together. We always have been.

It is totally different making films in the East than in the West. In the East, I make my own Jackie Chan films, and it’s like my family. Sometimes I pick up the camera because I choreograph all the fighting scenes, even when I’m not fighting. I don’t have my own chair. I just sit on the set with everybody.

I’m not a genius. I need other people to get the perfect information. When we have this, we will decide to sign or sell a player.

Dr. Karel Culik is an outstanding applied mathematician, a specialist in algebra, logic, computer sciences and mathematical linguistics. In 1965, he visited the linguistics research program at MIT, and we have worked together on several projects since.

Positional leaders ignore the fact that every person has hopes, dreams, desires, and goals of his own. And leaders must bring their vision and the aspirations of the people they lead together in a way that benefits everyone.

Partnering with Atlantic Records creates the opportunity to take what we’re doing to the next level, without compromising.

I think we understand that for the Court to work well, we have to not only respect but genuinely like each other.

I was going to go to a four-year college and be an anthropologist or to an art school and be an illustrator when a friend convinced me to learn photography at the University of Southern California. Little did I know it was a school that taught you how to make movies! It had never occurred to me that I’d ever have any interest in filmmaking.

Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.

My company survives because I’ve learned to respect the ideas of people younger than me and recognize when my wisdom is obsolete.

I used to sing songs and write with my uncle, Bill Owens.

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. ‚Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after you.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

It’s very rare that you get a director that lets you be creative and bring what you feel your character should do or should be.

When I was making ‚Star Wars,‘ I wasn’t restrained by any kind of science. I simply said, ‚I’m going to create a world that’s fun and interesting, makes sense, and seems to have a reality to it.‘

The great thieves lead away the little thief.

I fully understand the expectations of the state governments. Thus, I am better placed to work closely with the chief ministers.

Because of my wrestling background, nothing a director can throw at me on a set can faze me.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘

The connectivity declaration is about uniting the whole industry – a lot of companies that typically compete very fiercely – to push in a coherent direction.

Every collaboration helps you grow. With Bowie, it’s different every time. I know how to create settings, unusual aural environments. That inspires him. He’s very quick.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

We allow no geniuses around our Studio.

I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn’t care what kind of movies I made.

I’ve been a huge fan of Chris Martin forever; it’d be awesome to work with him. He’s really kind, and he’s been really encouraging when we’ve met.

I’m not going to change the world. You’re not going to change the world. But we can help – we can all help.

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

My friend James Cameron and I made three films together – True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period.

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

We will explore the mysteries of science and harness the power of technology and innovation. We will realise the opportunities of the digital world. Our youth will learn more from – and with – each other.

You can’t choose up sides on a round world.

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.

I have a producing partner named Stephen Hamel, and we’ve been trying to generate material.

Together, we can help make sure that every family that walks into a restaurant can make an easy, healthy choice.

Our best thoughts come from others.