Children are paparazzi. They take your picture with their minds when you don't want them to see you at your worst. Trust me, they SEE and HEAR everything.

I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.

Actually, the books were never a planned career path.

All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good.

Once we get out into a kind of an open world, we really do learn about ourselves and for me it's a lesson in discovering yourself, discovering your inner resources and then literally, in the movie, finding your voice.

The media nowadays has given the message to adults. Don't try new things, don't look foolish because we will catch you and then broadcast it to the world. I think children don't have that.

The dog actors and the relationship they have with their trainers is one of the most beautiful things I've ever watched happen in front of me.