I realized that a lot of the great directors that I admire from [Ingmar] Bergman to [Fredrico] Fellini re always shooting, then going into the editing room, and shooting again.

If there's a God out there, then i would hope he has more important things to attend to than my drinking scotch or eating pork.

I think directing is part play, part work, not just all work, because I think you always have to play. I think that's ultimately why I got into making movies, is because I love to play.

What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me.

One of the main reasons I wanted to work on 'World War Z' was because I'm a huge fan of the book, and I love the idea of taking a non-linear story and creating a three-act structure out of it.

Three days after my brother died, my father was in the hospital. He just did not want to live anymore. Before, he was fighting and loving life.

I always wanted to do an action movie, not particularly Bond.

I think people, unfortunately, do live in constant fear.

I always try to stay objective, and to remove myself from the process and look at the film again.

Some of the greatest directors never got an Oscar, like Kubrick, or Hitchcock. For me, personally, I think the body of work is more important than winning an Oscar.

You do a lot of press, but getting to talk and discuss movies with your peers is the best and most fulfilling part.

True friends will always push you towards the great possibilities of your future, false friends will always chain you to the mistakes in your past.

What you believe, that is your truth, that you will attract and, for sure, that will manifest in your life.

Don’t start. I saw Marcie climb inside your Jeep.” “She needed a ride.” I adopted a hands-on-hips pose. “What kind of ride?” “Not that kind of ride,” he said slowly.

Talent is a process, not a thing. Failure is not proof of an innate limit but rather is an indication of a skill we haven’t yet developed.

As for health, consider yourself well.

To a people famishing and idle, the only acceptable form in which God can dare appear is work and promise of food as wages.

If some among you fear taking a stand because you are afraid of reprisals from customers, clients, or even government, recognize that you are just feeding the crocodile hoping he'll eat you last.

"Suffragette" is an intense drama that tracks the story of the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement as they fight for the right to vote.

'Singin' in the Rain' was the one for me. Yeah. I mean, Gene Kelly could just sway and never fall. He'd just sway and sway as he danced.

Blue suggests the sea and sky, and they, after all, are in actual, visible nature what is most abstract.