There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out.

I have seen soldiers panic at the first sight of battle, and a squire pulling arrows from his body to fight and save his dying horse. Nobility is not a birthright, but is defined by one's actions.

Failure doesn't kill you... it increases your desire to make something happen.

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

I deal with pressure. I have a tendency to probably be at my best under pressure.

If you don't understand your limitations you won't achieve much in your life.

When you try to portray people's lives, you try to make sure you don't portray them as clowns and that you give them a level of dignity. You don't try to change their persona, but you try to understand that they had unique problems, set in a century that you don't live.