Sometimes when you have limited resources and you really have to think about creative ways to get around some of these problems, generally the end result is better.

It's always hard for the first movie because you have to spend so much time introducing the characters.

Sometimes you have to make bold choices, creatively. I'm always in favor of that.

We, as producers, want to tell the best stories. We want to tell the stories that people will talk about.

You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion.

It's great to see a relatable, accessible young woman out there, doing things and breaking the barriers for what would be considered an action movie.

Of course, marketing and publicity does an amazing job of prepping everybody for that, but there's nothing like sitting there and experiencing the movie.

People grew up on the animated movie. Bill Condon is Bill Condon. And nobody does those movies better than Disney does.

People are sophisticated viewers, as evidenced by the risks that are taken in cable television, and I think network has to do the same thing.

It's the little things that make big things happen.

The element of chance in basic research is overrated. Chance is a lady who smiles only upon those few who know how to make her smile.

There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.

This moment is as it should be.

What is important for a leader is that which makes him a leader. It is the needs of his people.

The Socratic demonstration of the ultimate unity of tragic and comic drama is forever lost. But the proof is in the art of Chekhov.

I'm going to move to Theory someday. Everything works there.

I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.

Firmness in enduring and exertion is a character I always wish to possess. I have always despised the whining yelp of complaint and cowardly resolve.

When somebody tells you they're not very smart, they're saying exactly the opposite.