The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors.

Tread softly upon the earth because the faces of the unborn look up at you.

The snake kills by squeezing very slowly. This is how the civilized world slowly, slowly pushes into the forest and takes away the world that used to be.

I love it when I have a nightmare to me that means I got my money's worth out of that eight hours

I think people had somehow gotten the sense that we have explored everything, when that isn't the case. We so know so little about the ocean, and so much of it is being destroyed.

I set my goals way higher than the achievable. And when I fail, I fail at a very high level. That's my process. It's really demented, but it actually works. When you are aiming really high and doing something new, you must be also prepared to fail, learn from your mistakes and begin with a new plan. More motivated than before.

When you have the feeling that anything’s possible, sometimes you wind up acting on it.