Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them.

The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie.

Sometimes people are surprised to learn that most of the films I've made don't work. They've been released but nobody has ever seen them. Maybe 40 percent of them are very successful. That's a very high percentage; most people have maybe 10 or 15 percent of their films work.

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.

You have to find something that you love enough to be able to take risks, jump over the hurdles and break through the brick walls that are always going to be placed in front of you. If you don't have that kind of feeling for what it is you're doing, you'll stop at the first giant hurdle.

I am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to be seen on phones.

I regret not the things I have done, only those I have yet to do.