There is a certain thing that you have to just stick to the plan, stick to what you want to do, and you try to work with studios and executives that they get it.

The long takes process doesn't allow for that many takes. In the past I have shot over 50 takes of different shots. Sometimes you end up using take 64, sometimes take four.

I have to confess that I don't read much of what is written about me.

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

I think it's always important to give immediate positive reinforcement.

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

As a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut. And my own passion was that I wanted to be a film director. I realized that being an astronaut was not going to be an option, so I said, "Well, I'm going to be a director and do films in space."