Humor is the easiest to achieve; the 'heart' is always the toughest, because you can't tell people to feel a certain way.

You need others. Too often people think that being unique means being isolated, and being a great artist means coming up with genius ideas out of nowhere. Nothing could be farther from the truth.

Every technology that comes into filmmaking is first a gimmick. Think about sound with 'The Jazz Singer' or the first colour or surround sound - it takes a while for filmmakers to understand how to use it.

I believe in the nobility of entertaining people and I take great, great pride that people are willing to give me two or three hours of their busy lives.

People have a real love of looking at small worlds - something inside them is innately attracted to that 'miniature' realm.

Directing is one of my favourite things to do because I love telling stories and I love working with the individual artists and it's something that I really missed.

I always felt a little bit like a little kid that's never grown up in the world of adults.