Brett Ratner

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

"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."

"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."

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

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