Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.

My strength, if it's anything, is that I can lure some big-name actors in. That's probably the strength of almost any director now. On your own, as a director, you've only got so much weight. James Cameron, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay... that's about it. Everybody else depends on the star power that they can draw.

I was an incredible Anglophile. I found people who shared the same sense of humor and attitude toward the world.

You get trapped by stories. Though I've got this reputation for being out of control, it's not true, it just happens to be a more interesting story than the truth.

The more money you have to work with, the more people you have to deal with that you probably don't want to be spending time dealing with.

My problem is I'm like a junkie. I want a good movie fix, and I never get that fix.

I have always got medicine I want to give to people.