Venice is the prettiest city I've ever seen. It looks like a Disneyland ride.

I bought a piano once because I had the dream of playing As Time Goes By as some girl's leaning on it drinking a martini. Great image. But none of it worked out. I can't even play Chopsticks. But I've got a nice piano at my house!

The truth of the matter is the real story are the people who rise above all of this incredible cruelty. Otherwise that cruelty wins.

Ninety percent of films are pretty mediocre, but they have a built-in audience and open on 3,000 screens.

I do happen to have a good life... But I also like to work. I feel like I got the brass ring and I got very lucky in this.

We try to make films for people [that are] the films that we'd like to see. They're not easy to get made. They're hard to get made. You have to keep the budget low to get them made. But at the end of the day, I don't really worry about competition, because I don't really think of it that way. I don't feel like I'm in a race with anybody.

I get asked a lot about getting into politics. I say, 'Take a look at politics. You tell me what seems appealing about that.'