I'm a big believer in just using CGI to polish what you get on camera.

If the actor has a problem, I can just go in and fix it right away. I think it speeds up the process.

Actually I'm a big fan of Spielberg and the way he shoots action scenes.

She [Mme des Laumes] belonged to that half of the human race in whom the curiosity the other half feels about the people it does not know is replaced by an interest in the people it does.

Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.

Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals.

If you drain others energy a lot, you don't want to see this because you do it yourself; but remember, it's real easy to manipulate a manipulator.

Our houses are at least 12 feet under water. All you can see on TV are rooftops. And the bridge we came across, the I-10 twin span, is now split.

I don't have any influences, any heroes, it's just me.

...and horror of horrors, he realized that he was experiencing some sort of a crush. He needed to kill something.

Walking in high heels should be made an Olympic sport.

When at length we tire of putting people down, this self-inflicted fatigue can give way to the invigorating calisthenics of lifting people up.

I certainly identify myself as a feminist.