I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.

Work on nothing less than epic scale

A lot of the young people make beautiful films or big films or are able to finance them, but they can't get anyone to distribute them, they can't get anyone to see them, so they go to these thousands of film festivals. So I still believe that even though a young kid might be able to make a masterpiece or something that changes the direction of cinema, the issue of how to get it to people is still not solved.

If I have to be remembered for something, I want it remembered that I really liked children and was a good camp counselor.

Always make your work be personal. And, you never have to lie... There is something we know that's connected with beauty and truth. There is something ancient. We know that art is about beauty, and therefore it has to be about truth.

I'm no longer dependent on the movie business to make a living. So if I want to make movies as other old guys would play golf, I can.