I'm not making films for middle aged journalists, who are mostly men. I make films that hopefully entertain people, where they can learn something about life.

Making a movie in Hollywood is a bit like playing a board game, where you have to throw a six to start.

In England we only make films about the working class or the aristocracy.

I think the first rule of comedy is that it has to be funny and I find a lot of the broad comedy which is sent to me, painfully unfunny.

It seems to me that romantic comedies used to be about falling in love, but in recent years they've really become just comedies where the love story is only there as a spine to hang the jokes on.

Depression is real. It happens. We go through it. Hold onto yourself in those moments.

I might have changed, but that did not mean the sport had.

I'm getting my respect as a video director. The fashion industry respects me and knows who I am.

Most people have a time-bound awareness. And the reason is they have sacrificed their self for their self-image.

Every life is precious to God. God created every one of us. He gave us a soul, and that soul will live as long as God lives.

You can't rule out deflation just because you've never seen it in your lifetime.

Language is like music; we rejoice in beauty, range, and quality in both, and we are demeaned by the repetition of a few sour notes.

Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the granddaughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me.