These so called Popcorn movies, or family movies, actually provide something quite beautiful and something quite necessary, which is a family bonding experience.

Don't lose the best thing in your life just because you are not sure.

I believe that there's a way to question authority with manners, with dignity. There's no reason to be rude about it.

I don't want to sit around by the pool luxuriating with a margarita. That's just not what I want to do.

I was thinking about being more global in my work, which means trying more foreign countries and working with foreign filmmakers, hoping they would give me a new take on my work, a new point of view, reinvent me in some way.

I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you’re really going about it the wrong way.

Remakes are always a challenge and they always are sitting ducks.