In This Day And Age, You Need

I'm Not Going To Turn Down An Oscar, But I'm Not Strategizing For One.

Less Money Sometimes Allows You To Be More Creative.

I Did New York, I Love You Which Is A Very Personal Film For Me. My Most Personal Film, But It's Not Like A Film I've Ever Made. I Would Never Do That Film As A Feature, For Instance, Because It's Not Very Commercial Of An Idea.

There's No Greater Feeling Than People Coming Up To Me And Going, "man, My Father Was Dying, And We Went To See Rush Hour, And It Was The Greatest Night We Had In Years Together. We Sat In That Theater And We Laughed For Two Hours Without Stopping. That Was Just A Great Memory That I Had Before My Father Died."

Movies Are The Biggest Export In The World, The Biggest American Export. It Influences People All Over The World. Music And Movies. That's What's Exciting About What We Do, The Fact That It's So Global. It Brings People Together. People Don't Have To Understand The Language To Laugh At Actors. They're Going To Laugh Even Though They Don't Understand What They're Saying. Cause They're Seeing It.