I believe today that there is no film and no shot in a film that is worth a squirrel getting a sprained ankle.

Ive never seen a more terrifying film than 'The Bababook'. It will scare the hell out of you as it did me.

I'm not a fan of Star Wars. That is not for me. That is for my nephews and nieces. I don't get it.

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.

Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed.

I believe it's true that there's good and evil in everyone and it's a constant struggle to have your better angels prevail.

Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If I had to pay money to do it, I would do it... Directing is playing. Acting.

To me, the art of movies is to take a two-dimensional image and give the illusion of depth.

Violence is not funny.

And it was only a week later that I realized a close up of Steve McQueen was worth the greatest landscape you could find.

There are many untalented people making millions of dollars in the film business.

They finally achieve a sort of outward-facing union.

On every journey, we experience different cultures and diversity of thoughts.

Zero Expectations? What's that? I believe in Smart Expectations.

Cooperate on move one; thereafter, do whatever the other player did the previous move.

My Macbook is my new boyfriend, except that he's dependable and meets all my demands.

I think everyone should go to bed like they have a date at the door.

Outstanding beauty, like outstanding gifts of any kind, tends to get in the way of normal emotional development, and thus of that particular success in life which we call happiness.

As a kid, I was obsessed with myths and legends and the haunting beauty of gothic stories.

The severity of the itch is proportional to the reach.

Take care of the hearts you've been entrusted with. Once lost, they can be lost from you forever.