[The way Stanley Kubrick] tells a story is antithetical to the way we are accustomed to receiving stories.

It's funny, you make friends and you lose friends when you're making a movie.

History opens up new worlds to film-makers all the time.

So I try to re-invent my own eye every time I tackle a new subject. But it's hard, because everybody has style. You can't help it.

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.

The best time of my life has been the three instances where I have been there for the birth of my children. That is, nothing [else] has ever come close.

My dad's been responsible for a lot of my issues.