There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those films.

I've been allowed to grow over the past twenty years. I've managed to avoid being trapped in one moment of my career and for that, I'm very thankful

Dostoevski was on to something. You are the path you choose. You are what your vocation is

I'm old fashioned with my cell phone. I like that human contact and I think it's important.

I love talking about Scientology.

I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus

I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious, but I want to live and breathe cinema.