You know, for years I used to read about myself. They'd say, 'He has a temper' or 'He's a bully' or something like that, and it always bothered me.

We need Netflix. We in the independent sector more than anybody need Netflix, because they care about what we do.

Some people handle sweets better.

I learned what I really love is making films, not the film business. I want to be on the set, meeting with writers, I want that freedom. I love it now.

I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.

Knowing that Ricky Gervais will never work again means a lot to me. I'm going to make sure of it.

The secret of making movies is having the strongest possible script.

I always find that when I do something that I like, from my heart, then it works.

I was a camp counselor for kids whose moms were on welfare, unfortunately, and right across the camp was the best, most pristine and preppy camp in the universe.

I'm a benevolent dictator.

People love a true story and especially a true story where two people from opposite worlds come together.

Religion will disappear from men's consciousness when, finally, we have constructed a world of equals, without class distinctions, and with a sound of scientific conception of society and of life

Success is not two cars or a swimming pool. It's the approval of your peers.

Getting its history wrong is part of being a nation.

When a man says he likes a woman in a skirt, I tell him to try one.

All things keep on in everlasting motion, Out of the infinite come the particles, Speeding above, below, in endless dance.

The fans have been great with me. I think they appreciate that I don't take an at-bat off.

Unless a decision has degenerated into work, it is not a decision; it is at best a good intention.

I just love every minute of my life. I love the variety. Every minute of every day I'm meeting fascinating new people, learning and working with wonderful teams of people creating wonderful things.

The very lack of opportunity the group faces creates a self-defeating cycle and puts pressure on members to limit their aspirations.

I want a documentary to crest by being voted on by 6000 people who are in the business of telling stories.