You can be great just by being yourself.

I don't make unconventional stories; I don't make non-linear stories. I like linear storytelling a lot.

You can't start a movie by having the attitude that the script is finished, because if you think the script is finished, your movie is finished before the first day of shooting.

And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director.

Actors just need each other to act together.

I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.

I'm 62 years old. Am I old enough to win a lifetime achievement award? Yes, I am. Thank you very much.