I really wanted our male characters to be a lot stronger. We gave them careers, lives.

You can't really just think, "Oh, I want to make something that is going to appeal to every single person in the world." You have to just try to make a movie that comes from your heart.

People love to talk, so let them have fun talking.

As a director, you've got to have quite a few projects going because you never know which one will actually come together with the financing and get the green light.

If a scene doesn't work on three levels - it's not advancing the story, the characters, and telling me something new - then put it in the trash.

I thought, "If I can make you feel what it's like for that first super-passionate love, other people might like that too," and, of course, they did.

Since I was a little kid, I did like fairy tale. I did dress up like Little Red Riding Hood. My mom had to make me a cape.

I thought it would be quite a challenge to direct a mystery thriller. I hadn't really done something like that.

When I was just five years old, I loved the scary layer and the symbolical power of the red cloak. I made my mom make me that red cloak, and I had to wear it on Halloween, two years in a row.

When you're in the editing process, you try different things and you get creative ideas.

When I talk to film students, I always say, "Buy the DVDs and listen to the commentaries, look at the making of, look at the behind-the-scenes," because that's such a great learning tool.

If boys don't learn, men won't know.

Hope is my strength. My strength is my weapon. And my Love, nurtures them both.

Morality is only for the middle class, sweet. The lower class can't afford it, and the upper classes have entirely too much leisure time to fill

It is hard to compete with other sports. Badminton is a sport which, when compared with football and tennis, still needs promotion.

Thus the eternal God, our Lord, gives victory to those who follow His way over apparent impossibilities.

Once he's on the run, Messi is unstoppable. He's the only player who can change direction at such a pace.

Just keep your conscious mind busy with expectation of the best.

Obviously I was either onto something, or on something.

Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement... for transfiguration, not for the sake of play.

I made the best business decision at 14 when I decided to get into acting. The worst was owning 2 homes at the same time.