The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.

One of my favorite movies of all time is 'It's A Wonderful Life', which is a pretty interesting choice for a seasonal Christmas favorite, because it's about a guy who wants to commit suicide and is presented with reasons not to.

The only person who can, with impunity, make the movie he wants to make, has got to be Steven Spielberg.

Stanley Kubrick was a big inspiration. People accuse me of never using my own material. But when did Kubrick? You look at his films and they are completely unique... completely separate entities.

I am fascinated with times past.

Visual storytelling of one kind or another has been around since cavemen were drawing on the walls.

I've never been a big fan of the music-video style of editing movies that crept in the last few decades. I like stuff that's able to take its time.