My dad took me to my first movie. It was 'The Greatest Show on Earth' in 1952, a movie of such scale it was actually a traumatic experience.

When I grow up, I still want to be a director.

I committed to directing 'Catch Me If You Can' not because of the divorce component, but principally because Frank Abagnale did things that were the most astonishing scams I had ever heard.

I think Lincoln had a unique parenting style. He let his kids run free and wild.

I don't make unconventional stories; I don't make non-linear stories. I like linear storytelling a lot.

In the re-creation of combat situations, and this is coming from a director who's never been in one, being mindful of what these veterans have actually gone through, you find that the biggest concern is that you don't look at war as a geopolitical endeavor.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened.