The baby boomers owe a big debt of gratitude to the parents and grandparents - who we haven't given enough credit to anyway - for giving us another generation.

If I weren't a director, I would want to be a film composer.

I even get inspired by movies that aren't very good, because there's always something good in movies that are collectively thought of as a failure. There's good in everything, I find.

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.

Making a movie is like a stagecoach ride through the Old West: at first you wish for a pleasant trip, and after a while you just hope you reach your destination.

When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.

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