The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

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

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.

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.'

When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get it something with those qualities that make it age well with the public.

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

Movies are the art form most like man's imagination.