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

He never gave up. And he does that for us

I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.

History is so fleeting and we are so busy consuming media and the contemporary culture, voraciously gobbling it up, that we have no room to look back ever, and our young people have a tough time looking back.

I usually do about five cuts as a director. I haven't ever directed a film where I haven't made five passes through the movie, and that takes a long time.

The only time I'm totally happy is when I'm watching films or making them.

When I was younger, all I cared about was what people thought of me and my films. Now I care less about catering, hand-serving, hand-feeding the audience. I've gotten to the point now in my life where I'm serving myself.