Some people just see the glory and they don't want to know about the story.

It's an objective fact, that if you want to solve some of these huge, kind of bigger problems of extreme poverty, you have to include the women. They're the ones who will get it done.

I should have done it years ago. It's amazing I didn't even want cigarettes anymore.

The first time I smoked was at home with my mother and stepfather; they were like, If you are going to do this, we'd rather you did this with us.

I'm always cautious about overstepping any boundaries. At the end of the day, it's a director's medium, and if they don't want to hear from me I just step back.

I don't see as many movies as I used to. Or, I should say, as many movies as I would like to.

Generally, the bigger the budget, the less interesting the characters become.