I think audiences can deal with these mature themes.

We need Netflix. We in the independent sector more than anybody need Netflix, because they care about what we do.

Some people handle sweets better.

I learned what I really love is making films, not the film business. I want to be on the set, meeting with writers, I want that freedom. I love it now.

I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.

Knowing that Ricky Gervais will never work again means a lot to me. I'm going to make sure of it.

The secret of making movies is having the strongest possible script.

I always find that when I do something that I like, from my heart, then it works.

I was a camp counselor for kids whose moms were on welfare, unfortunately, and right across the camp was the best, most pristine and preppy camp in the universe.

I'm a benevolent dictator.

People love a true story and especially a true story where two people from opposite worlds come together.

I do the same with my books...Nothing like a good argument in the margins with someone who's already said all they have to say on the subject.

The author describes Lincoln's attitude in making a deal with a newspaper publisher as, "almost defiant transparency.

I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.

I won’t kiss you. It might get to be a habit and I can’t get rid of habits.

Art is not cozy and it is not mocked. Art tells the only truth that ultimately matters. It is the light by which human things can be mended. And after art there is, let me assure you all, nothing.

Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested.

I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job.

Ordained Baptist minister; I make no apology for my faith.

If the enemy stays spirited it is difficult to crush him.

Im trying to learn how to cook.