All of my films are based on personal experiences and beliefs. Many of my heroes are my spokespeople - and some are not!

I'm at peace with myself. My film just may please audiences. At any rate, it's already a great prize to be part of just 16 films among all of the world cinema out there. I'm tranquil and satisfied.

I'd never make a film that I am not passionate about. My whole life, I've only made the films I wanted to make, even when I had limited means.

If I need something, I just draw it, have a few friends make it move, and it exists. I enjoy this strange power. I try to be a good sorcerer, though.

Digital is expensive, from the computers to the professional software to the technicians, but digital helps me to create more beautiful images in less time.

Fairy tales have a hidden power, and their appeal never ends. They're the best way to get messages across.

The film industry needs to find a way to bring audiences to movie theaters. It's more of a technical trick than a revolution.

Fairy tales are my natural language. I feel at ease telling fairy tales like a fish feels in water. I am totally free.

I like to make people happy, and with fairy tales, I can say anything I want to, but in an agreeable way.

I've never made films for children. That's why children like my films. Nobody wants to be treated as a baby.

My producers give me total freedom. No one asks me for anything; they just tell me to make a good film, and that's what I do.

The level of success you achieve will be in direct proportion to the depth of your commitment.

It is in doing things and not reading about them that results come about.

Women are complicated. We all know that.

I definitely didn't want to be that person that came out and was like, 'O.K. I'm going to lead every parade.

I think afterall, a promotion video is a piece of work in it's own right.

[Calvinistic tradition] has fashioned and shaped my thinking since I was a teenager.

"Do you have the talent?" is rarely the question. "Do you have the guts to finish?" is the real question.

I don't think one can run out and try and chase love.

There's a part of me that thinks I'm married to the audience, that I'm married to my job, and that this is where I devote 90% of my energy.

Keeping the peace with the particular man in one's life becomes more essential than battling the mass male culture.