I feel like there's a certain kind of laughter missing in the world.

I want to make accessible movies for bright people, but I don't want to play games and be coy.

The better the script, the less money there is. That's just the economics of the studio system.

People love conversation, and movies are conversations, and an audience has to participate; it has to fill in some blanks.

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.

I've wanted to direct for a long time, but it had to be a story I wanted to tell. The writer's job is to find the story that he should tell.

I can't stop terrorism; I can't cure cancer. But I can put some stories out there in their own quiet way that talk about tolerance.