You can't reinvent the wheel. You've got to just take the best from all the other shows and try to make it work, because there's the "live show Gods" that dictate if there are going to be any surprises, if there's a very commercial film that's a Best Picture. There are a lot of things that are out of my control, but I do my best.

I learn more from the audience than I can from anybody else. Not from what they write on the scorecards, but how they respond to the movie while they're watching it - where they laugh and where they react.

My movies are pretty tight and they're pretty well-paced. I'm not one to make long movies. I don't dwell on stuff.

You've got to think about how to do things for the right price. You have to shoot in different places to be creative and get tax rebates.

I learn from every movie I do because on every movie, I have a different experience.

Having love in your heart doesn't count for much if what comes out of your mouth is ugly and bigoted.

I got a Super 8 camera when I was eight years old, and I just wanted to tell stories - I love telling stories.