You know, I don't really do that much looking inside me when I'm working on a project. Whatever I am becomes what that film is. But I change; you change.

This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.

I just think that the qualities of leadership are unknown even to the leader until he's tested and given a challenge.

3D is not a fire and forget tool. It takes a lot of very careful consideration and it will change your approach to where you put the camera so 3D isn't for everybody.

There's been more written about Lincoln than movies made about him or television portraying him. He's kind of a stranger to our industry, to this medium. You have to go back to the 1930s to find a movie that's just about Abraham Lincoln. I just found that my fascination with Lincoln, which started as a child, got to the point where after reading so much about him I thought there was a chance to tell a segment of his life to to moviegoers.

The only thing that gets me back to directing is good scripts.

Whether in success or in failure, I'm proud of every single movie I've ever directed.