I'm very sorry for your loss. Your mother was a terribly attractive woman.

I just want to make films that are personal, but interesting to an audience.

Kids are always open to anything. It's very rare that a kid isn't extremely eager to make you happy.

I usually set aside a lot of time in advance of a movie with important roles for kids to search, but when you have great ones, they can be a real ace in the hole.

the one thing I've observed over the years is the best way to get an actor to not want to play a certain role is to offer it to them. That makes them say, "Well, maybe it's not that good. These guys don't want me to do this..."

When I see the first dailies on any movie, I usually feel that I had no idea how this combination of ingredients was going to mix together, what it was going to produce.

Any romantic feelings for a 12-year-old are like entering into a fantasy world.