I guess I have a short attention span! I'm interested in new worlds, new universes, new challenges.

I used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned to trust the material and the actors.

If I would rescue one of my movies, it would be 'A Little Princess.'

The great thing about the moon landing is that my grandmother got the first color TV in order to be able to see the moon landing that was in black and white.

You have to be very focused about the music that you have inside.

I've been very lucky in that the studios really respect me and they give me all my creative freedom. But nevertheless, they are inputs, they have opinions. It's the same thing for me as if you're in a shower and you're coming up with a tune, with a melody, but there are 70 people trying to sing their own melody at the same time. So you have to focus and concentrate, and not lose the track of your melody.

The amazing thing is that the more money it takes for a movie to get made, the more you feel like everybody wants you to fail.