He who must search a haystack for a needle is likely to end up with the attitude that the needle is not worth the search.

I think that you can treat a classic like a museum piece -stuffed and mounted- or you can make it a living, breathing narrative that is unfolding right then and there.

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

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

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

New Zealand is not used to wealth. In America wealth is kind of a thing of pride. Here it's the opposite. The more you've got, the bigger the target you are.

I was bullied and regarded as little bit of an oddball myself.