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

There are films that are difficult. There are films that would actually affect your personal life because of the length of the production, how long [you're away] from the family.

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.

'Sugarland Express' was pretty amazing.

I like the ending of the movie [War Horse], simply because it's such a demanding scene emotionally, and yet [the look] is all done on camera. I like the work not to be manipulated digitally. And it's all done on camera [in that scene].

[Steven Spielberg makes] human movies. Movies [...] that reflect the life we wish it would be, not necessarily as it is. And the happy ending, you know. Life is a tough thing to begin with, and I like the happy ending.

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