Changes are not unusual - I mean, most movies, when they release them, they make changes. But somehow, when I make the slightest change, everybody thinks it's the end of the world.

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

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.

You don't see the struggle part of a person's life. You only see the success they have.

Someday you're going to have to learn to separate what seems to be important from what really is important.

There are a lot of movies that are badly made that I love, and there are a lot of movies that are just beautifully made but I don't like them. And critics have a tendency - that's all they focus on, which is, "I like it. I don't like it. It's good. It's bad."

I live a reasonably simple life, off the beaten track.