I think it's true that the more sanitized a person is, you can't really relate to that person.

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 you're going to hit a car, try to be sure that it's not a cop car

The false starts and futilities of the past years proved themselves to be groundwork, foundations, laid in the dark but well laid.

TRUST ADJUSTAn act that changes perception can elevate or lower integrity

Distrust interested advice.

The Internet is an actor's best friend.

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

During the rehearsal process I got thrown off the horse.

I felt obligated to change music to art, the same way that Galileo proved the Earth was round to the world and that the Sun did not stand still.

I do want to see an immigration compromise. And you can't have an immigration compromise if everybody's out there calling the president a racist.

Insomnia: A contagious disease often transmitted from babies to parents.