The thing that I'm just scared to death of is that someday I'm going to wake up and bore somebody with a film.

When I felt like an outsider, movies made me feel inside my own skill set.

I thought film was more important than life itself for many years. But I was naive to the world until my first child was born in 1985.

I think every film I make that puts characters in jeopardy is me purging my own fears, sadly only to re-engage with them shortly after the release of the picture. I'll never make enough films to purge them all.

All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that's why it takes so long.

I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story.

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