I'd never made a teen comedy in my life.

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.

In the moments between bullets, those in foxholes regain their vision. They get to count the dead, feel for holes. Pain creeps through a sluice of calm.

If you think confident, you act confident.

It's not enough to be up to date, you have to be up to tomorrow.

I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now

The road to riches is never straight and narrow. It can be riddled with financial land mines.

Extraordinary allegations require extraordinary evidence.

Your playing small doesn't serve the world.

You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.

Be the mirror in which people admire their true potential.

I am totally unattached to material items.