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.

I was afraid of small spaces and I was afraid of the tree outside my window, and I had all these phobias. I think many kids have those phobias, but I probably had more than most.

This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.

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

The Internet has been this miraculous conduit to the undeniable truth to the Holocaust.

I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times.

It's funny, you make friends and you lose friends when you're making a movie.