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" I never dreamed I would be producing the Oscars. That was a huge deal for me. "

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" Miami Beach - that's where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother - a Holocaust survivor, who was my roommate - my grandparents, my mom and her brother all shared a four-bedroom house. "

" I love movie directors. I don't care who it is. "

" I would love a robot butler. "

" My mom had me when she was 16, and I was an only child, which is probably why I received a lot of love and didn't miss that my father wasn't around. "

" At the end of the day, audiences just want to laugh and be entertained. They want to escape from their reality, and that's why we make movies, to get people to escape from the realities. "

" Movies are the biggest export in the world, the biggest American export. It influences people all over the world. "

" I fear God and respect God and love God. "

" When you're fearless, you take more risks because you're less conscious of failure or what can go wrong. "

" I've watched 'Being There' over 50 times, and every time I watch it, I love every frame. I just wish I had directed it myself. "

" I hate the iPhone. I love the BlackBerry - BlackBerry wins in my opinion. The iPhone is a toy. "

" I'm constantly being visually stimulated. "

" Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part. "

" People can criticise all day long, I think I've proven myself, I think I deliver. And I agree, box office does not mean a movie's good, but I feel like I'm making good movies and I'm delivering in box office. "

" I love 'Guitar Hero,' and I think it's a part of pop culture. "

" I'm definitely not a nerd. "

" I don't have any regrets. "

" When I was 13, Eddie Murphy was to me what Chris Tucker was to 13-year-olds when I made 'Rush Hour.' And 'Rush Hour' really came out of the fact that I grew up watching 'Beverly Hills Cop' and '48 Hrs.' "

" Everyone who knows me knows that I don't have a prejudiced bone in my body. "

" In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business. "

" Do I have a small movie in me? Yeah, probably, when I'm 60. But I'm not Hal Ashby, I'm not Roman Polanski. I'm true to myself. Whether you like it or not. "

" When I do short films, I try to do something completely out of my comfort zone, out of my element. "

" Woody Allen is in his '70s and he's making movies, so I look forward to getting there. "

" I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories. "