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.

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.

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 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.

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.

Omg! To the past.Omg! To the present. Omg! To the future. It's life. Don't give up!

If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

Day after day I look in the mirror and I still see something

I’m not interested in meeting management today… I’m more interested in finding out how a person has behaved in the past.

Think now and then that there is a man who would give his life, to keep a life you love beside you.

The better world we want is coming. It's just waiting for us to stop at nothing.

What keeps me going is my children.

What is one to think of those fools who tell one that the artist is always subordinate to nature? Art is a harmony parallel with nature.

Like all businesses ACID has its ups and downs. There are actually seasons when business will pick up such as Christmas time and carnival time. There are other times when business will run very slow.

It is so painful to suggest that we go back to think about these days where an African-American could not be a citizen of the United States.