We've lost touch and allowed technology to take precedence over organic nature. But let's not forget that those microchips in our computers came from elements of the earth.

Americans are probably more in line than ever before. We're more moderate than we are liberal or conservative.

If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger.

This is one of the benefits, as well as one of the difficulties of directing a member of your family. You know where the buttons are. You can push them if you want.

You make a film and you don't know who it's going to appeal to.

In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world.

We get very set in our ways and it's sometimes hard to look beyond what else is out there.