I made lots of movies while in school while everybody else was running around saying, "Oh, I wish I could make a movie. I wish they'd give me some film."

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

There wasn't anything in my life that was going to stop me from making movies.

Education is the single most important job of the human race.

You really have to focus on what you're doing and just plow ahead no matter what hurdles are thrown in front of you.

A special effect is a tool, a means of telling a story. A special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing.

If I make a movie that has a whole bunch of music in it, I get to listen to the music all day long, and I don't have to say, 'Well, I gotta go back to work and I gotta stop listening to the music.' I get to listen to music and go to work.