I think fate is massive, and it's never really had its place among forces we respect as having control over us.

Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you got to protect it.

I think the challenges should be familiar. They should have some relationship to the feelings.

As an american, you're born aiming so high - boys want to play in the major leagues, girls want to be princesses. We're cultivating little champions. It's like the land of little champions.

I think that movies are really fake; they should be fake. I don't think my way is any better than anybody else's way, but I know they're not real. I like to lean into the make-believe aspect of movies. That's why they're better than real life.

The challenges should be familiar. They should have some relationship to the feelings - like, if a movie's about being demoralized at work, it should feel familiar to people, whether you're a roofer or a lifeguard. But there's a million different ways to be demoralized, especially at work.

I think squaring up success to equal money is silly, because it's so undeserved.