It's important for me to have hope because that's my job as a parent, to have hope, for my kids, that we're not going to leave them in a world that's in shambles, that's a chaotic place, that's a dangerous place.

I watched a couple of really bad directors work, and I saw how they completely botched it up and missed the visual opportunities of the scene when we had put things in front of them as opportunities. Set pieces, props and so on.

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

I'm certainly not a fan of conversion when you could shoot the movie in 3-D.

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

Don't get seduced by your own stuff; work hard to keep a blank slate state of mind each time you watch your film.

God wears white flannels.