I have made almost as many films in England as I have in America. I will come back to England again and again.

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.

I had no choice. It was just something that happened. I was always looking for ways to act out, and I got a camera and it acted out for me.

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

Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view.

Movies are always in a state of locomotion. You start with a general idea of how it should feel and then you find you've got a runaway train. You have to race to catch up: the movie is telling you what it wants to become, and when that happens there's no greater feeling.

Audrey gave more than she ever got. The whole world is going to miss her.