Every time I do a movie like 'Finding Neverland' or 'Chocolat' or 'Shakespeare' in Love,' we deal with the creative process, but there's humor and fun along the way. I always love that kind of movie.

We need Netflix. We in the independent sector more than anybody need Netflix, because they care about what we do.

Some people handle sweets better.

I learned what I really love is making films, not the film business. I want to be on the set, meeting with writers, I want that freedom. I love it now.

I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.

Knowing that Ricky Gervais will never work again means a lot to me. I'm going to make sure of it.

The secret of making movies is having the strongest possible script.

I always find that when I do something that I like, from my heart, then it works.

I was a camp counselor for kids whose moms were on welfare, unfortunately, and right across the camp was the best, most pristine and preppy camp in the universe.

I'm a benevolent dictator.

People love a true story and especially a true story where two people from opposite worlds come together.

Success is not a summit to climb, It is an equilibrium where work and life are balanced

People vote for whom they believe will be the best president and representative for our country. The First Lady is not on the ballot.

That man is blest Who does his best And leaves the rest Then-do not worry.

True love cannot be found where it does not exist, nor can it be denied where it does.

Do nothing that is not natural - and ritual is natural - and all will be for the best.

The only way to avoid being unhappy is to close yourself up in Art and to count for nothing all the rest.

The pleasure that is granted to me from a sense of duty ceases to be a pleasure at all.

Lord of the Rings made me realize that I'm not interested in doing anyone else's work.

Motherhood is more than bearing children...It is the essence of who we are as women.

I hate, for example, whenever you hear someone say, 'You have work at being a couple.'