I have a lot of ideas and I want to be able to work. To me, it's like one of these contests where you get five minutes in a supermarket to take anything off the shelves you want and try to fill your cart up as much as you can. That's the way I look at my work.

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.

I'm here, and every day now is an extra day. I've been given an extra day so I've got to make the most of it.

Always remember, your focus determines your reality.

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

Oh, my. I'd forgotten how much I hate space travel.

The secret to film is that it's an illusion.