My father is so in love with making movies, and he'sso charismatic about it, that it's hard to be around him withoutwanting to make movies.

When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very close to what I set out to do. And I'm super-opinionated about what I do and don't like.

I'm always a sucker for a love story.

The unexpected connections we make might not last, yet stay with us forever

My movies are not about being, but becoming.

It's about moments in life that are great but don't last. They don't go on, but you always have the memory and they have an effect on you. That's what I was thinking about.

It seems that the greatest difficulty is to find the end. Don't try to find it, it's there already.

You don't have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that.

Forget the audience, make what you want to see

Thats the way I work: I try to imagine what I would like to see.

I like telling the story in a visual way. I don't like explaining a lot in dialogue.

In person, Mr. Desmond mixes low-key friendliness and on-message discipline.

Humans were so stupid. They had something so precious, and they barely safeguarded it at all. They threw away their lives for money, for packets of powder, for a stranger's charming smile.

A chief does not hurry.

You see, no matter how important everything else is to magical success, belief is the most crucial.

People would always say to me, "Why are you wearing such large frames?" And I would say, "The bigger to see you."

Words are the birds that break cover and show your enemy where you're hiding.

And I really do think that the difficulty of research makes it more real to you than punching a thing to find out how many men were killed at this particular action.

The price of barbecue is eternal vigilance.

Bless your heart, they don't mind--they're exceedingly kind-- They don't blame you--as long as you're funny!