We have not looked at any particular movies [in creating War Horse], but again, it's hard not to see the similarities between those movies [because of those filmmakers' influence on the industry].

These days, you'd probably shoot it in the daylight and manipulate it in the post. That's [how] most people would do it. [I did the same thing with] with 'Diving Bell and the Butterfly'. No CGI. It's all live photography. And I like that, it's very challenging and exciting to be able to do that.

['American Dream' will be released] probably never.Never in the United States because there's no room for independent cinema.

It would be horrible to be micro-managed! I don't think directors can really micro-manage people. It's just impossible.

'American Dream' is a small little movie made for under a million dollars. Totally independent feature.

If you take away 'Schindler's List' and 'Saving Private Ryan', I like 'Minority Report' a lot.

[Spielberg] surrounds himself with great crew members who are at the top of their game and know their stuff. He motivates us by liking what we do, and he doesn't get paralyzed by the process or by new ideas. He embraces them and uses them.