You must let go of your past and embrace your future and figure out what path you're going to go down

I was never interested in being powerful or famous. But once I got to film school and learned about movies, I just fell in love with it. I didn't care what kind of movies I made.

If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.

I’m moving away from the business, from the company, from all this kind of stuff.

These Are Not The Droids You Are Looking For.

I think one of the reasons that Steven (Spielberg) and I have been as successful as we have is because we like the movies. We like to go to the movies. We enjoy movies and we want to make movies like the ones we enjoy.

A talent is a combination of something you love a great deal and something you can lose yourself in - something that you can start at 9 o'clock, look up from your work and it's 10 o'clock at night.