When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.

There are two things that come very easily to me: rooting for New York sports teams and making mistakes.

I want to deal with somebody who comes from another country to the United States and has a family that comes. I don't care if it's a black family from Jamaica or a Hispanic family from Mexico. These issues need to be dealt with, but they need to be dealt with in the entertaining way.

When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.

Everybody who's played Marilyn Monroe before has gone down in flames. It's impossible to capture Marilyn Monroe.

Over the years with movies, I've given directors notes.

I always loved the creative process, from 'Shakespeare in Love' to 'Finding Neverland' to 'Basquiat'; whether it's serious, or it's comedic, whether it's the 'inside look' at that, it seems to be a theme of what I do.