I would like to make one thing quite clear. ... I never explain anything.

If you remain calm in the midst of great chaos, it is the surest guarantee the it will eventually subside

In the old days it was important, but not as important as it is today, to keep making success after success after success. It's terrifying today. You can maybe have one so-so movie but you've got to come back with another that's huge, if possible, and that must be very, very difficult for young talent.

There will be many times in your lives--- at school, and more particularly when you are a grown up---when people will distract or divert you from what needs to be done. You may even welcome the distraction. But if you use it as an excuse for not doing what you suppose to do, you can blame no one but yourself. If you truly wish to accomplish something, you should allow nothing to stop you, and chances are you'll succeed.

My sense of the family history is somewhat sketchy, because my mother kept a great deal to herself.

I was named after my two grandmothers - Julia Elizabeth.

The film industry is a cyclical business. Even musicals are coming back.