Quotes by Aaron Eckhart

“the highest regard you can receive. That photo can describe an entire life, just an honor, as well as a fun moment.”

“Thank You for Smoking.”

“I think Jasons going to have a huge career,”

“There were times on the movie where I did something one way and said, `No, Jason, I think its better this way, and he would say, `Aaron, I know comedy. Do it this way.”

“Nick is a tobacco lobbyist who loves his job and doesnt apologize for it, which [as a role] is exciting and fun because its politically incorrect and titillating — you get great jokes out of it,”

“For Nick, the game, basically, is convincing people. Its getting people to look at things your way. Thats the big game in life, and thats what hes teaching his son. Thats what he and his friends talk about when they get together. Hes not defending cigarettes so much as hes defending his right to defend cigarettes.”

“All these people are so firm on their positions. Thats where the humor in the movie comes from, ... Its like the debate team. Nothing is rooted, everything is malleable. As soon as you start to hate what Nick Naylor is saying, then you have a senator saying the same thing. Everybody is complicit; whatever their cause is, they all have unethical thoughts. It just shows that were all just out there trying to ply our trade.”

“Audiences like both savory and unsavory characters, and [even] unsavory elements can be attractive. It all depends on how passionate you are about playing them.”

“I think people could come out of this movie thinking, although all of these are very serious subjects, (political) spin is very serious because the truth is more important than the spin. But sometimes spin becomes the truth, or thats the perception.”

“He came prepared to play. He fulfilled the authors intention. Its his movie. Hes the man in it.”

Yeah, but theres nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant.

Id like to do a romantic comedy.