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

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

Time is the lens through which dreams are captured.

If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.

When I was 13, I worked for Western Union. When the telegrams came in, I would glue them on the paper and deliver them on my bicycle.

I think it's better to be overly ambitious and fail than to be underambitious and succeed in a mundane way. I have been very fortunate. I failed upward in my life!

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?