I can't sit through the superhero films. But I watched Draft Day, and it was kind of sweet in an old-fashioned way.

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.

Everyday there will be an opportunity to Frown or to Smile, to Drown or to Dance, to be Sad or to be Glad. It's a Choice!

Speculators always present opportunities for genuine investors to -- pick under-priced stocks, and- exit over-priced

The walls around the hood keep the people on the inside from the changes on the outside.

A woman of honor should not suspect another of things she would not do herself.

The cell, over the billions of years of her life, has covered the earth many times with her substance, found ways to control herself and her environment, and insure her survival.

Love never asks what benefit it will derive from love. Love from its very nature is a disinterested thing. It loves for the creature's sake it loves, and for nothing else.

Successful films are very dangerous things.

The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation.

We don't need this religious cosmopolitanism. It's no good.

Most people who fail in their dream fail not from lack of ability but from lack of commitment.