"What makes a man a man?" a friend of mine once wondered. Is it his origins? The way he comes to life? I don't think so. It's the choices he makes. Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them.

If you get bored with nothing to do, you are not a writer.

If you're doing a big spectacle film, you've got to be mindful of large masses. Even then, you've got to be responsible only to your storytelling.

I think Hollywood has a habit of developing 100 times more than they actually shoot.

There are times when you are in despair, because in order not to betray who you are, you don't compromise, you don't make movies that would be very lucrative or prestigious or easily understood. And yet I stay attached to the most uncanny premises. It's never been easy.

For eight years I did effects for other movies until I got my movie made

At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes "I'm not my dad" or "I'm not my mom."