I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

When I was about 9, I had polio, and people were very frightened for their children, so you tended to be isolated. I was paralyzed for a while, so I watched television.

An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen before?

I used to love going into local hardware stores, to look at little things they made locally. Nowadays it's harder, though you can still do it in Vietnam.

I had an older brother who was very interested in literature, so I had an early exposure to literature, and and theater. My father sometimes would work in musical comedies.

There's nothing creative about living within your means.

Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos.

We were raised in an Italian-American household, although we didn't speak Italian in the house. We were very proud of being Italian, and had Italian music, ate Italian food.

You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.

If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.

She pushed a finger against his shoulder, pushing him so he was flat on his back on the bed. "Now behave yourself and I'll show you how much fun I can be.

We go into parenting, and we discover that we don't have the answers. We are at a loss.

Many Europeans think that all Moroccans speak French, but no. I had to make an effort to learn it when I studied French literature at the university in Rabat.

I believe that vinyl will outlast CDs.

I think some of the best actors ever were little kids.

The crocodile cannot turn its head. Like all science, it must always go forward with all-devouring jaws.

Computers combine things to make new knowledge at such high speed that we cannot absorb it.

What seems most likely is generally true.

Not surprisingly, troubled economic times often beget proselytizers of wacky, extreme ideas.

Everything is legit onstage. You can go crazy. I can express my anger. I can cry. Whoa, this is the coolest place!