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"That's the trouble with being me. At this point, nobody gives a damn what my problem is. I could literally have a tumor on the side of my head and they'd be like, 'Yeah, big deal. I'd eat a tumor every morning for the kinda money you're pulling down.'"
"Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased."
"I really want to love somebody. I do. I just don't know if it's possible forever and ever."
"Movies are great, but the real romance happens right here, somewhere - real close-up. I really couldn't have done it if I hadn't been through a lot one way or another. Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased, so it's not a pleasant feeling!"
"For the most sensitive among us the noise can be too much."
"It's hard for anybody who's been with me not to feel starved for affection when I'm making love to my ideas. Maybe it's not meant for me to settle down and be married."
"The early bird gathers no moss! The rolling stone catches the worm."
"The thing is, I've always tried to create transcendent moments. Moments that take people away from their concerns. Heaven to me is when people find a way to become so involved with life that they're no longer concerned for the future."
"Psychologically, it's what I love to be. Tearing apart a person from the inside out."
"I think I could go away tomorrow. I've already accomplished something. It's such a selfish business that sometimes I get sick of myself."
"I said yes to so many things, from a sex change to gastric by-pass surgery, so it's always paid off for me."
"I think projects find me. It's really interesting. Everything I've done, from "The Truman Show," the "Eternal Sunshine" to "Yes Man" and "Bruce Almighty," always come into my life at the perfect time."
"I try to do something the audience might not have seen before."
"All there will ever be is what's happening here. Decisions we make in this moment are based on either love or fear. So many of us choose our path out of fear, disguised as practicality."
"The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical."
"I think if we all acted the way we felt, four out of eight people at a dinner table would be sitting there sobbing."
"I just wanna hang out. No big deal!"
"The purpose of my life had always been to free people from concern. I dubbed it, 'The church of freedom from concern,' or 'FFC."
"Life doesn't happen to you, it happens for you."
"Every character is a baby. You can't choose between them. If you can, you didn't do your job. You have to fall in love with every character."