You're not going to stay in business, the business of making movies very long because you need the resources in order to keep going. So you have to try and find a niche audience or some kind of audience that has the same likes, dislikes and aesthetic sensibilities that you have.

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

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

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.

Digital technology allows us a much larger scope to tell stories that were pretty much the grounds of the literary media.

Mos Eisley spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.

I grew up in the era, 'Don't trust anybody over 30.' And, you know, I still feel that. Don't trust me.