We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival.

There's been a slow death in a way. On the positive side, there are films getting into the Academy Awards that wouldn't have, but on the negative side, financiers are now dominant and making all the decisions. I can't count the ways a director's vision is compromised.

To do work that's not going to be fulfilling doesn't make sense.

I do believe there's good in all of us, even if it's layered over so thickly.

We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival.

Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.

If someone puts up $100 million on a movie, they're gonna be concerned about whether they'll get it back. So they're not gonna make a movie about three girls, you know?