I gladly, I voluntarily gave up the kind of commercial film career I had going as soon as I had enough money to finance my own films. I didn't make that money necessarily from the film business, but I eventually made a lot of money and that's what I do. Of course, I consider myself unbelievably fortunate, and I'm pretty content with my life.

Whom God wishes to destroy, He first makes successful in show business.

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.

I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you can still do it in Vietnam.

It was the man's dream, and his inspiring attempt to make them come true that remain important.

As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.