Am I allowed to say I really wanted this? This is fantastic.

My head's not in the clouds, but I think I've gotten too much credit for being an astute businessman.

And I may often question choices I make as a producer. But I've never questioned the choices I make as a director.

The bones of the story of 'War Horse' is a love story. That's what makes it universal.

Audiences are harder to please if you're just giving them effects, but they're easy to please if it's a good story.

It starts with the writer-it's a familiar dictum, but somehow it keeps getting forgotten along the way. No film-maker, irrespective of his electronic bag of tricks, can ever afford to forget his commitment to the written word.

There's no other way to learn about it, except through documentaries. I encourage documentarians to continue telling stories about World War II. I think documentaries are the greatest way to educate an entire generation that doesn't often look back to learn anything about the history that provided a safe haven for so many of us today. Documentaries are the first line of education, and the second line of education is dramatization, such as The Pacific.