I really value distinctive movies, movies that feel that they came from a person that was really something that they had conceived and they made and is a reflection of who they are.

The more you travel, the better you get at it.

In my films that I've directed, and my work in commercials and videos, I've rarely used handheld. It's just not something I'm drawn to, but I've seen it done very well.

When I'm in London, Claridge's is a great favourite. I'm a big fan of art deco architecture and the rooms are extraordinary.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

As a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want.

I love 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' and I love 'Bugsy Malone.' I haven't seen 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks' in a long time, but I remember loving it as a kid.

A movie that I'm involved with and have a lot of love for, which is On The Road, does use a lot of handheld. It can be done beautifully. I'm proud of that. It's a very beautiful movie.

Sometimes in writing you have difficult periods and then other times it just flows.

Relationship movies are often made for a female audience.

As a director myself, you want to have colleagues and collaborators that respect your authority as the director. I'm very comfortable with that, and I've done a lot of work in second unit.

Never put off for tomorrow what is meant for today...tomorrow may never come.

Some of the greatest insights we have ever experienced were those we least expected.

All stories told have been told before. We tell them to ourselves, as did all men who ever were. And all men who ever will be. The only things new are the names.

There are only two ways to live your life: as though nothing is a miracle, or as though everything is a miracle.

Political columnists and sports pundits are rewarded for being overconfident.

Money has never been important to me. I come from garbage. I'm a sewer rat who made it here. I have no interest in money and never have.

It's easier to deny the reality of the problem altogether than acknowledge that it is real.

Lord, if your people need me, I will not refuse the work. Your will be done.

I haven't played Doctor Who since I was 9 on the playground.

It was a crazy idea. But, as usual, that’s all Percy had.