My idea of professionalism is probably a lot of people's idea of obsessive.

Take ownership of every decision you make because you will be hold responsible for the film, whether good or bad.

Movies aren't finished, they're abandoned. And you have to make your peace with that.

You can do something that walks a line, and invariably, whatever that line is, it will be crossed by people who don't know any better and want to ape the success.

Hire the right people and get the hell out of the way.

I don't think that digital technology will ever take away the humanity of storytelling, because storytelling is entirely, in and of itself, a wholly human concern.

I want people to surprise themselves. Instead of saying "Oh, god, didn't we already do this 17 times?"