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

The essence of what it is to be American is the deep moral urge to be free, to freely express yourself and have the right to do so, and to look at all people as equals.

Why pay a dollar for a bookmark? Why not use the dollar for a bookmark?

If movies generically don't work, you immediately start to pick apart what ingredients contributed to that. If any movie is working, hopefully how it was made will be the least of your concern. You'll only want to have a god time.

When I was very young, I remember my mother telling me about a friend of hers in Germany, a pianist who played a symphony that wasn't permitted, and the Germans came up on stage and broke every finger on her hands. I grew up with stories of Nazis breaking the fingers of Jews.

I think all directors should be animators.

Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me.