The photographer and the director are where reality and fantasy meet.

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.

Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers. It's for the distributor. The film becomes a brand.

The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

I had been a kid that moved so much, I didn’t have a lot of friends. Theater really represented that kind of camaraderie.

I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.

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.