I don't analyze things all the time, I just do them.

I'm not great at talking about myself.

Many great stories are father issues, mother issues or death.

People want to make a distinction between what's commercial and what's art.

When you're relegated to go from movie to movie, so much of what you're doing is out of your control beyond creating the product.

You know, I've always been very open to any project.

There's no way a director can communicate with every single person on the set and yet they need to motivate and instill an ambition to want to do their best work.

Hard though it may be to accept, remember that guilt is sometimes a friendly internal voice reminding you that you're messing up.

Everyone needs reminders that the fact of their being on this earth is important and that each life changes everything.

Soup is a lot like a family. Each ingredient enhances the others; each batch has its own characteristics; and it needs time to simmer to reach full flavor.

The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us all to become our best while looking our worst.