Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television.

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?

I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you can still do it in Vietnam.

I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies.

There's nothing creative about living within your means.

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.

You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.

If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.

My dream is to create something so beautiful that it encourages people to present the best version of themselves to me everywhere I go.

Use your own reason to find the truth. And to do this, you must first get rid of the myths that your culture injected to your brain!

If you bungle raising your children I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.

Lawsuits should not be used to destroy a viable and independent distribution system. The solution lies in the marketplace and not the courtroom.

I run four miles most days, at about 8:00 to 8:15 pace. It's totally relaxed.

A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.

Beauty is in the behind of the beholder!

I just had to be strong enough to allow myself to be vulnerable. Great Lesson. For art and for life.

How great love is, presence best trial makes, But absence tries how long this love will be.

What you're thinking, what you're saying, what you're doing, is having an impact on you and the people around you