You can't force a movie to happen. Movies happen when they're supposed to happen. Everything happens in God's time. I really believe that.

The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.

I think if religion closes discussion or exchange of ideas or curiosity about other views, it's not true to its core.

The cinema that I make is a cinema about people, emotion, humanity and passion. It's not just about what they struggle through, but what they live for. That's what I love. The music they love, the people they love, the clothing, the hair and the life that they love

It's absurd that we're so quick to criticize Muslims for being fundamentalist when Christians can be just as extreme and fanatical and frightening.

Bush was in a shithole on September 10th. 9/11 was the best thing that ever happened to him.

If you just work on your craft hard, that's your only hope of doing anything worthwhile.