As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.
Cinema without risk is like having no sex and expecting to have a baby.
One of the most important tools that a filmmaker has are his/her notes.
I don't go on set with an army of people because the most expensive elements of a movie production are the plane tickets, the hotel rooms, food and gasoline. If you're willing to discover new colleagues in the place that you are, you can save a ton of money.
I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.
You're in a profession in which absolutely everybody is telling you their opinion, which is different. That's one of the reasons George Lucas never directed again.