It's more important you learn what to make movies about than how to make movies

Every hour that you spend doing something, even if you love it more than anything, you're not with your family. Every project that you take on, that's another choice.

I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up happening.

You can never guess or assume what anyone is going to think.

I do think that at a certain point, the reboot sequel mode has to give way to original ideas and back to a place where, you know, films are, you know, a medium and the cinema is a place you go to see something that is, you know, wholly new.

Whatever is being investigated, created or produced now, in movies or TV, needs to consider the context in which it is being distributed. It's not a vacuum. There are certain universal themes of love, conflict, loyalty or family that are everlasting and that need to be presented in a way that makes it feel relevant, even if it's a period piece. You need to consider what context that film, that story and those characters are being seen in.

I think when you're 10 years old, it's too much to see something with the threat of death in every episode. Kids are better left naive about certain things.