I think that a lot of exciting elements are finding a place where a film is happily, truly about something.

I've heard from quite a few people, you sense that there is an ownership of the [ Cinderella], it was so personal for so many people, so I was interested in trying to work out why that was.

I think the best actors are the most generous, the kindest, the greatest people and at their worst they are vain, greedy and insecure.

My definition of success is control.

So many plays with magic in them that would be a terrific invitation to an imaginative animation team.

Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein are each obsessed with death. Hamlet's whole story is a philosophical preparation for death; Victor's is an intellectual refusal to accept it.

Even if people are all from the same place, there can be very, very different approaches. It's one of the things I'm fascinated by. It's why I like directing. I like to see how different people approach trying to be truthful, on camera or in the theater, and whether you can make them match up.