I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at the beginning. Actors come into the film and do things you never even imagined. Production designers come in, the director of photography lights it in a way that you never imagined. So, it's always evolving, always exciting.

There's a generation of children who don't like black and white movies. There's a level of impatience or intolerance.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

I regard myself as an entertainer much more than an artist.

Defeat is always momentary.

The only thing about 3-D is the dullness of the image.

When you're casting a movie and when you're shooting a film, the eyes are the most important feature of any performer, really. Any great actor literally knows exactly how to use their eyes, and even as a filmmaker I love shooting huge close-ups because it's those eyes that mean so much to me.