Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.

People can relate to horses. Horses, I think, are basically in our genetic history. Horses were part of our culture, part of our collective society, for hundreds of years, and so, the horse is one of the most familiar animals to people of any race or culture or country.

Because of how much movies cost, it's dangerous to be experimental on one film after the other. But we can experiment with television. We can do things that are fringe and bring ideas to the table that are offbeat and original.

Documentaries are the first line of education, and the second line of education is dramatization, such as 'The Pacific'.

One of my daughters is a competitive jumper, we live with horses, we have stables on our property. But I don't ride. I observe, and I worry.

I don't play online games. 'Warcraft,' I've played that, but I mainly play action games.

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