The Films That Influenced Me Were So

Inspiration Can Hit You In The Head At Any Time In Any Context. It Could Happen In A Conversation. Talking To Someone At A Party, You Can Get An Idea. But You've Got To Remember Those Inspirations.

Any Direct Experience That I Have With Indigenous Peoples And Their Plights May Feed Into The Nature Of The Story I Choose To Tell. In Fact, It Almost Certainly Will.

To Convince People To Back Your Idea, You've Got To Sell It To Yourself And Know When It's The Moment. Sometimes That Means Waiting. It's Like Surfing. You Don't Create Energy, You Just Harvest Energy Already Out There.

It's Really The Sense Of Isolation, More Than Anything, Realizing How Tiny You Are Down In This Big Vast Black Unknown And Unexplored Place.

I Try To Live With Honor, Even If It Costs Me Millions Of Dollars And Takes A Long Time. It's Very Unusual In Hollywood. Few People Are Trustworthy - A Handshake Means Nothing To Them. They Feel They're Required To Keep An Agreement With You Only If You're Successful Or They Need You.