Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.

George Lucas doesn't have the most physical stamina. He was so unhappy making Star Wars that he just vowed he'd never do it again.

Collaboration is like the sex of creativity.

You ought to love what you're doing because, especially in a movie, over time you really will start to hate it.

Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.

Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent.

When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'