There wasn't much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult.

I like Star Wars, it's fun and I enjoy doing it. But it's definitely not my life. I'm a bigger movie fan than I am Star Wars fan. I like making movies.

Part of the issue of achievement is to be able to set realistic goals, but that's one of the hardest things to do because you don't always know exactly where you're going, and you shouldn't.

The theme that runs through my movies is the fact that we create barriers for ourselves....because we say, Well, I can't do that. But in the end, you can't do it unless you can imagine yourself succeeding at it.

The script is what you`ve dreamed up - this is what it should be. The film is what you end up with.

When you are a beginning film maker you are desperate to survive. The most important thing in the end is survival and being able to get to your next picture.

It's okay to lose; just don't lose the lesson.