The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it.

I love being by the ocean. It stills the voices in my head.

The Internet is a fantastic, strange place where you can write an open letter and be reasonably assured that people are going to read it.

The reason I make movies now has a lot to do with having seen Star Wars when I was seven years old. That's the formative movie-going experience of my life.

'The Golden Compass' became a bad experience because the studio didn't have faith in the strength of the ideas of the novel, which is ironic because it's one of the greatest fantasy novels ever written, if not the greatest, and they took the religion out of it and tried to turn it into a popcorn movie.

Modern responses to Cinderella's predicament are interesting. If you're not careful, you'll think, "Well, she's just a big wimp. She should fight for her rights. She should call the government."

I am a surfer, though quite a poor one.