If a religious person says "No, no, no" and they won't listen to science, it makes me think that they don't have faith in their own religion.

It sounds cliche, but success is your friends, your family, what you do, and if you're happy when you wake up.

If I'm able to catch the screening, there's a point in the film where, like clockwork, a portion of the audience gets really emotional and begins to cry. And that's very difficult to make happen.

You always have nerves. And it's important to respect your nerves and your doubts. And then you have to ultimately overcome them.

When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.

Different films have different places in people's lives. I don't get to see a lot of films, so I want to watch films I learn from.

I'm not really equipped to do anything else but making movies. In every other aspect of my life I'm a total failure.