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

I think that the Internet is going to effect the most profound change on the entertainment industries combined. And we're all gonna be tuning into the most popular Internet show in the world, which will be coming from some place in Des Moines. We're all gonna lose our jobs. We're all gonna be on the Internet trying to find an audience.

I'm not really interested in making money. That's always come as the result of success, but it's not been my goal.

Audience members are only concerned about the story, the concept, the bells and whistles and the noise that a popular film starts to make even before it's popular. So audiences will not be drawn to the technology; they'll be drawn to the story. And I hope it always remains that way.

The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves.

I felt like an alien. I always felt like I never belonged to any group that I wanted to belong to.

I always like to think of the audience when I am directing. Because I am the audience.