The best cinema is about ethics.

If you're not making epic, archetypal films on some level, I think you're wasting a great potential of cinema.

I want all of my films to belong to me.

The biggest fear I have is to die with regrets, and of course that will come true.

I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.

I make comedies and I always try... I don't try but I allow to have at least 5% of the jokes or have some jokes that I know will be understood by only about 5% of the audience. It's that guy in the corner who gets it and laughs. But he has to have his jokes too. That's part of my audience. Part of my audience is the people who will only get certain things.

I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films.