Some of the greatest directors never got an Oscar, like Kubrick, or Hitchcock. For me, personally, I think the body of work is more important than winning an Oscar.

If there's a God out there, then i would hope he has more important things to attend to than my drinking scotch or eating pork.

I think directing is part play, part work, not just all work, because I think you always have to play. I think that's ultimately why I got into making movies, is because I love to play.

What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me.

One of the main reasons I wanted to work on 'World War Z' was because I'm a huge fan of the book, and I love the idea of taking a non-linear story and creating a three-act structure out of it.

Three days after my brother died, my father was in the hospital. He just did not want to live anymore. Before, he was fighting and loving life.

I realized that a lot of the great directors that I admire from [Ingmar] Bergman to [Fredrico] Fellini re always shooting, then going into the editing room, and shooting again.

I always wanted to do an action movie, not particularly Bond.

I think people, unfortunately, do live in constant fear.

I always try to stay objective, and to remove myself from the process and look at the film again.

You do a lot of press, but getting to talk and discuss movies with your peers is the best and most fulfilling part.

Everybody's got the potential for great good and great wrong in them, but it's thechoices we make that define who we really are.

The world’s crawling with stupid, innocent girls, and I’m just one of them, self-consciously chasing after dreams that will never come true.

I love to shop, especially in retro stores. I have about a million pairs of old-school sports shoes like Adidas, so that's probably my biggest vice.

I don't believe in America, but I believe in people.

They make much of our drinking, but never think of our thirst.

If a star or studio chief or any other great movie personages find themselves sitting among a lot of nobodies, they get frightened - as if somebody was trying to demote them.

People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while.

Euphemism in the workplace does not end with job descriptions. It reaches a pusillanimous peak at the other end of the work process - in dismissal.

But how will I know who my Soulmate is? Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life.

Water is the true wealth in a dry land.