Quite honestly, it's too tough to get your movies made and then also to get out there and sell them.

That's my advice for indie filmmakers: Marry a supermodel.

It's an enormous wall that's built between you and your dreams. And if every day, you just chip away... It may take ten years, but eventually you just might see some light.

I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.

I suffer from Irish-Catholic guilt. Guilt is a good reality check. It keeps that ‘do what makes you happy’ thing in check.

I am a big fan of the old Howard Hawks films from the 30s and 40s, I was a big Hepburn and Tracey fan for a while and Woody Allen films that are a very different kind of romantic comedy.

But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.

I'm always aware of who my core audiences are and I serve that niche.

I try not to be too plot-heavy and to balance the dramatic with the comedic.

Brothers McMullen' would not be picked up for theatrical distribution now.

Trust your actors. That's why I work with the same actors time and time again. I encourage them to change the dialogue to achieve one thing: keep the characters honest.

There are two types of people in this world: Those who make it their life's work to rid themselves of all pain and suffering... and Artists.

I became a mom at 37 and having a child has been an emancipation for me.

What is certainly true is that the United States has to have a presence to promote the values that we care about.

'Harry Potter' shouldn't be children's first experience with suspense and plot turns.

If I don't have friends, then I ain't nothing.

One of the permanent possessions of the human heart is the memory of its noble enthusiasms.

Happiness will never come if it's a goal in itself; happiness is a by-product of a commitment of worthy causes.

I'm being unfairly targeted by a bunch of hacks and haters.

I want to be an author/director and I'm writing my second book now and I want to make a movie of it, and I hope I get to do this for the rest of my life.

God has hardwired me to thoroughly enjoy and be sharpened by good and friendly theological discussion about the gospel.