I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

I just had a device made that fits in your mouth and juts your jaw out like you have an underbite. It locks in that position to keep your throat passage open when you sleep. This is the sacrifice I make for my wife. It was either this device or me sleeping in the other room.

I'm rarely in a situation where, if you have a good idea, it's not embraced. That's stupid. And I don't work with stupid people.

(Sometimes when) someone's directing for the first time, they're afraid to include everyone - they have to prove they're the director.

If the work is going well and it's something that has value with some meaning to it, it gives back a lot.

I haven't worked with people who are jealous or competitive. That's a particularly deadly attitude to have when you're working on a film.

When I am in Tibet, I am very happy. The Tibetans radiate. They literally send out light. The Dalai Lama's holiness generates love and compassion to every human being. He has committed himself to that. I haven't made that leap yet. I haven't given up self-aspiration. I still love making movies.