All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that's why it takes so long.

When I don't have a movie, I don't take a job just for the sake of working. I just sit it out until I find something I'm passionate about.

I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story.

When I grow up, I still want to be a director.

Every movie you're going to forget that it's 3D whether it's widescreen or whatever it is, you're going to forget everything if the movie is working. If the movie doesn't work or if the movie generically doesn't work then immediately you start to pick apart whatever has contributed to that.

All through my career I've done what I can to discover new talent and give them a start.

There's nothing self-serving about what motivated me to bring 'Schindler's List' to the screen.