A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

My hometown was one of the major U.S. Air Force bases.

I think people are universal.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

Life isn't all about money but this life is nothing without it!

I had always assumed that cliche was a suburb of Paris until I discovered it to be a street in Oxford.

I didn't have a teacher like Sister Mary Ignatius.

We shouldn't dwell on what is 'perfect.' We should celebrate our uniqueness.

I'm actually in my 22-year-old son Jason's band, After Midnight Project. The music is like Coldplay-ish rock.

Suffering well borne is better than suffering removed.

I believe less in my ability & more in the ability of the one who comes to meet me. That's the speciality of my work style.

The biggest secret of focused people is that they don't think about focus.

You are your own superstar, and only you can shape the movie that you make.