["War Horse"] does have action as well, but we allow the audience to appreciate the environment where these characters are from because the lens shapes the people, as we know.

The greatest directors are the greatest users. They use people's talents to tell the story that they want to tell.

It's great to be recognized for work, and the work is great, but once you have the awards, it becomes less important. It just gives you the ability to do better work, in my opinion.

Very few people make exterior movies anymore. It's always action films driven by action and quick editing.

There are films that are difficult. There are films that would actually affect your personal life because of the length of the production, how long [you're away] from the family.

If you take away 'Schindler's List' and 'Saving Private Ryan', I like 'Minority Report' a lot.

I had very little involvement with 'TinTin'. Very little involvement. So I can't really elaborate on that either.

It would be horrible to be micro-managed! I don't think directors can really micro-manage people. It's just impossible.

[I] love 'Munich', man. That's a very underappreciated film.

Really fantastic film, 'Munich'. So yeah, if I would say, what's the most underappreciated film, I think 'Munich' would be the one.

I just directed another picture called 'American Dream' with Nick Stahl. Just finished shooting principal photography right before I started ['Lincoln'].

If you can't find the spirit of the holidays in your heart, you'll never find it under a tree.

The struggle against poverty in the world and the challenge of cutting wealthy country emissions all has a single, very simple solution... Here it is: Put a price on carbon.

The story of America is necessarily one of progress because if it's not than it's a stale story where we have not risen above Klansmen.

habit, a particularly insidious thug who chokes passion and smothers love. Habit puts us on autopilot.

I'm not a prejudice person, and I've worked with many male legislators and some have been excellent for us, so I'm not speaking against a class of people.

Your past is just that, the past, a place within your psyche with no more reality to it then the picture of a castle on a postcard is made from stone.

I even tried to tell myself to live my best life today.

You know, there's a rule in sports, "Don't do anything great if you can't handle the congratulations."

Joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Can it then be that what we call the 'self' is fluid and elastic? It evolves, strikes a different balance with every new breath.