A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.

For the most part, everybody who fights in war fights to survive.

The public has an appetite for anything about imagination - anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible.

You're not alone, are you? Because I'm here

I've got a lot of examples about moments where I thought something would work on film and it didn't work, but I never came to that decision with the film half shot, where I was stuck on a runaway train and couldn't jump off. On those occasions where I have admitted defeat, that this is not going to work, I haven't embarked on that project and made that movie.

I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.

I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.