When I was young, I learned very early on that I could make my mother laugh. And that was one of the greatest sounds I ever heard.

You have to always be ready, always be alive, and always be willing to move in a new direction.

I'm not someone who's led my life trying to get publicity; I'd rather do my work and go home.

When the story is good enough, people can watch something three times the length of an opera.

If you're lucky enough to have done well, then it's your responsibility to send the elevator back down.

Exposure to the arts and culture is enormously valuable.

I've done big studio films and the big studio films I've done, I've tried to do the interesting ones and the ones where I could live with myself in the morning.