It's still a mystery to me, but even though my mother was like an older sister to me, I kind of put her up on a pedestal.

It's still a mystery to me, but even though my mother was like an older sister to me, I kind of put her up on a pedestal.

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.

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

I'm 62 years old. Am I old enough to win a lifetime achievement award? Yes, I am. Thank you very much.

The costume the actors wear and if they're in stylized makeup and wigs in a live-action movie let's say, in a big costume drama, even though it does give them a sense of great ambience and environment and they kind of feel like they're in a great court, or if they feel like they're in the old west, or if they feel like they're being chased by hobbits or dinosaurs, it all comes down to the actors looking each other in the eye.

I love creating partnerships; I love not having to bear the entire burden of the creative storytelling, and when I have unions like with George Lucas and Peter Jackson, it's really great; not only do I benefit, but the project is better for it.