Whatever affect any of my films have on audiences, I just kind of stop at the door. I make them and I just don't go outside after they're over.

Steve Jobs was the greatest inventor since Thomas Edison. He put the world at our fingertips.

My dad took me to my first movie. It was 'The Greatest Show on Earth' in 1952, a movie of such scale it was actually a traumatic experience.

I think that is the secret of great acting. You have to bring your imagination to the party. You've got to have a great imagination.

I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living.

'The Color Purple' is the kind of character piece that a director like Sidney Lumet could do brilliantly with one hand tied behind his back.

I'd love to build a company that will continue to make movies well beyond me someday. And I'd like to help start something great, even investing in it myself.