I was never sloppy with other people's money. Only my own. Because I figure, well, you can be.

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

Some critics are stimulating in that they make you realise how you could do better, and those are valued.

I was excited to discover, in this tale by Eliade, the key themes that I most hope to understand better - time, consciousness and the dream-like basis of reality.

I've been blessed with enough wealth that I can make a film myself up to a certain budget. So one way I thought I would reinvent myself was just to make these very small, personal films that I've financed myself.

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.

When a movie is about to come out on its initial debut, there are a lot of people involved - the financiers, the studio and the producers and also, many times, the foreign distributors. So it is a time of tremendous pressure and uncertainty.