We're at a point in history where everyone needs to pay attention to politics. Too much is at stake for us to be apathetic.

True movies will never be measured by how much they make - they'll be measured by how they make you feel.

It's nice to be wanted in almost any capacity.

I'm proud of all the movies I've made. They're not sequels, they're not franchises. And the reason I pick my films carefully is that I don't want to spit on my life. I like to think of myself as more than that.

I think that you try to raise the bar on whatever you do because you know, in this day of having to deal with a lot of reality TV, people say that scripted programming is dying, so you have to try to create something that can live in people's minds, long after they see it.

We stand our best chance of leaving a legacy to those who want to learn, our children, by standing firm. In matters of style, hey, swing with the stream. But in matters of principle, you need to stand like a rock.

One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well.