The best Quotes from A Beautiful Mind

There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad your tie is.

Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity.

If there is no blood on the line, it is not rugby league.

There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.

I have respect for beer.

I've always been interested in the Depression as this very dramatic pivotal period in American history.

If I had to choose between a great acting job and a good directing job, I'd choose the directing job.

I'm not a caterer. I just have to stay with my creative convictions. At some point, you have to just get past the special-interest groups and do what you're there to do, which is make a movie.

I've acted with all types, I've directed all types. What you want to understand, as a director, is what actors have to offer. They'll get at it however they get at it. If you can understand that, you can get your work done.

It was always my dream to be a director. A lot of it had to do with controlling my own destiny, because as a young actor you feel at everyone's disposal. But I wanted to become a leader in the business.

Creativity is limitless - for better or worse.

I'd prohibit boring people. In my opinion, there is nothing worse. The people who were boring should be in prison and be forced to learn to be creative with the other prisoners.

Two disagreeing minds create more ideas than two minds in agreement.

Elliot: "I'm not hiding, I was just looking for my... you know, the... I was looking for my dignity."
J.D.: "Did you find it?"
Elliot: "No. I must've left it at college."

I've spent the past three-and-a-half years staring at greaseboards full of equations; before that, I spent four years working on my thesis; before that, I was in college, and before that... I was in the fifth grade.

I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star.