The movies I cannot go without and that I watch annually are 'A Clockwork Orange,' 'Scarface' and 'Fantasia.'

I think what makes people fascinating is conflict, it's drama, it's the human condition. Nobody wants to watch perfection.

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

I think a good movie is a good movie whether that falls into a genre or not.

I actually enjoy working with green screen, because I can imagine all that stuff happening, and I really cut my teeth on a movie I made called "Adaptation" where I had to imagine four-page dialogue scenes with my twin brother, who was nothing more than a tennis ball and a gas stand.

You can't make your choices based on what critics think. You have to make your choices based on what's honest for you.

Without impending on your own personal choice, there are going to be those that wear the hat of religion and those that wear the hat of science. I still don't really understand why they can't wear both hats, because personally, I think that they go beautifully together.