So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.

Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what it could do to you, and how it could influence you - make you dream.

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies.

It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later.

Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel.

I just think you can't shut your life off to just, you know, one thing. You gotta be open-minded. Explore things. Feed your artist.

I like the platform to show your art and everything that goes along with that. To show your voice and hopefully find films that are more politically driven, films that maybe inspire.

If I'm going to see my mom, I'm going to church!

If you see someone lying out knives and forks consistently, but then one day those knives and forks become weapons you're not sure if he does that as a warrior, that's just his thing.

We're very good friends, we have a very honest relationship. He keeps me honest, I keep him honest. He's an incredible actor and when you have an actor like Denzel action becomes drama.

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

There is nothing more real and more important in life than the love that we give away and the love that we receive.

My deep dark secret is that I was a nerd in school. I liked the theater. I liked to study. I wasn't very good at sports.

When I got depressed, I watched Bruce Lee movies. I learned everything from Bruce Lee.

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

Female friendships are of rapid growth.

I am not really wicked. Love me, and you will see!

The energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out.

Woodcock would have scored but his shot was too perfect.