I Never Dreamed I Would Be Producing

Movies Are The Biggest Export In The World, The Biggest American Export. It Influences People All Over The World.

When You're The Director, You Kinda Do All The Work.

I'm Not Tied To Budgets. I'm Tied To The Story That I Want To Tell, And How Much It's Going To Cost Is Up To Whatever The Economic Situation Of The Studio Is.

You Can't Show A Four-hour Movie In A Theater, Really.

I Ask My Assistants If They're Retarded All The Time. When The Camera Is On You, Of Course, Actors Have The Ability To Make It Real. For Me, If I'm Not Talking, It Is A Problem. I Have So Much More Respect For Actors After Being In Front Of The Camera, And I Realize That The Hardest Part Is When You're Not Talking. Listening Is Harder Than Just Acting. Listening Is The Hardest Part.