My philosophy is to make movies with the biggest possible budget that will allow it to be made in an independent fashion.

'The Last Airbender' is genetically engineered for me. I love martial arts. I study it. The movie's based on a lot of Buddhist and Hindu philosophy. I was raised Hindu.

I'm so consistent that my director's cuts are usually 20-25 minutes longer than the released version of the movies.

There's no staying where you were. If you're not doing anything, your skills and point of view are atrophying.

Is it possible that there are no coincidences?

People who come to see my movies, you're coming to see a drama masquerading as a genre piece.

Sometimes we do not do things that we wish to do, so others will not know that we wish to do them.