I think as you grow up, you realize you have obligations just in your life - being a citizen, being part of humanity - to help other people, to help your country, to help the world.

We seemed to be drifting as a society - losing touch with the basic concepts of right and wrong.

The first movies, they just put up a camera and had a train come into a train station, and everybody was amazed. That was sort of all technology.

I like racing. I love the speed and I'm a very kinetic person in terms of filmmaking. I love the movement of film more than anything else.

If you can tune into the fantasy life of an 11-year-old girl, you can make a fortune in this business.

Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.

One of the amazing things about 'Seven Samurai' is that there are a lot of characters. And considering you have so many, and they all have shaved heads, and you've got good guys and bad guys and peasants, you get to understand a lot of them without too much being said.