Some movies I make for myself. I just sort of make them for myself. I do that sometimes when the subject matter is very sensitive and very personal and I really can't imagine I'm an audience.

There's nothing self-serving about what motivated me to bring 'Schindler's List' to the screen.

I have a choice - I can either watch all the dailies, or I can follow the social media. I can't do both.

Am I allowed to say I really wanted this? This is fantastic.

With all the movies I've made about history, it's not really fun because you're trying to get it right. You've got history telling how it was, and then my imagination is telling me how I wish it had been, but I can't go there, so I have to censor myself. I'm very good about stopping myself from creating history that never occurred, but it's frustrating.

I simply adore 'The Simpsons.' I go to bed in a 'Simpsons' T-shirt.

The bones of the story of 'War Horse' is a love story. That's what makes it universal.