It would be horrible to be micro-managed! I don't think directors can really micro-manage people. It's just impossible.

The greatest directors are the greatest users. They use people's talents to tell the story that they want to tell.

It's great to be recognized for work, and the work is great, but once you have the awards, it becomes less important. It just gives you the ability to do better work, in my opinion.

Very few people make exterior movies anymore. It's always action films driven by action and quick editing.

There are films that are difficult. There are films that would actually affect your personal life because of the length of the production, how long [you're away] from the family.

If you take away 'Schindler's List' and 'Saving Private Ryan', I like 'Minority Report' a lot.

I had very little involvement with 'TinTin'. Very little involvement. So I can't really elaborate on that either.

["War Horse"] does have action as well, but we allow the audience to appreciate the environment where these characters are from because the lens shapes the people, as we know.

[I] love 'Munich', man. That's a very underappreciated film.

Really fantastic film, 'Munich'. So yeah, if I would say, what's the most underappreciated film, I think 'Munich' would be the one.

I just directed another picture called 'American Dream' with Nick Stahl. Just finished shooting principal photography right before I started ['Lincoln'].

I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that of justice. Because it might mean that only justice would be meted out to me.

Rumours began with the whispered gossip of native servants and spread quickly to the rest of the population.

Scottish Theatre's greatest success story of recent times.

I live a dual life. On the red carpet, it's complete glam. But at home, I'm a jeans and T-shirt kind of girl. Simple can be beautiful.

All these words, words like 'evil' and 'vicious', they meant nothing to Nature. Yes, evil was a human invention.

When adversity hits, go out and learn something.

When someone really believes in what they're saying, but it's crazy, it's like my favorite thing on earth.

Human rights is the fruit of various civilizations.

People who sacrifice beauty for efficiency get what they deserve. (Bernard Mickey Wrangle, p 99)

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.