I loved the idea of seeing the world through a boy's eyes.

The storyboard for me is the way to visualise the entire movie in advance.

[Kubrick] was unique in the sense that with each new film he redefined the medium and its possibilities. But he was more than just a technical innovator. Like all visionaries, he spoke the truth. And no matter how comfortable we think we are with the truth, it always comes as a profound shock when we're forced to meet it face-to-face.

I prefer people who don't get caught, and if they do get caught, I prefer people who don't give in.

I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films.

If everything moves along and there are no major catastrophes we're basically headed towards holograms.

People say you should do it this way, someone else suggests that, yes, there's financing, but maybe you should use this actor. And there are the threats, at the end - if you don't do it this way, you'll lose your box office; if you don't do it that way, you'll never get financed again... 35, 40 years of this, you get beat up.