I realized that everything I do is fantasy, whether it is an adult movie or a kids movie.

When you use the same actors a lot, you get to know them and you realize that one movie can't explore all the talent that they have. You really have to give them several different kinds of roles, in completely different movies, to push them and to push yourself.

I have so many friends who don't know how to cook.

Everyone applauds each other's success in Hollywood because they know how tough it is, but it really comes down fundamentally to the process.

If you want to be a rock star, you're not going to just walk on stage. You gotta go practice in the garage until your fingers bleed. I always say that - the same with writing and the same with filmmaking - if it's really your passion, you've just got to stick with it and do it.

Creative people are notoriously the slowest to adopt new technology.

Data scientists are statisticians because being a statistician is awesome and anyone who does cool things with data is a statistician.