I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.

What we read and why we do so defines us in a profound way. You are what you read, I suppose. Browsing through someone’s library is like peeking into their DNA.

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

What is fantastic for me is that the Romantic movement comes out as a counter balance to everything that has been accumulating since the Age of Reason. I think the downfall of imagination as a genre or as a perception starts with the Age of Reason, which says everything else that came before us, all those superstitions, all those myths, are childish.

Frankfurt, discussing a stuntman: He missed being killed in that shot be literally half an inch.

There's something worse than not making a movie. It's doing it for the wrong reasons. Then you end up putting three, four, five years of your life into it and you come out with a thing that you're not proud of.

...there's something about maternal love - it might just be the strongest human spiritual bond there is.