I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films.

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

My greatest hope is to be a mother who loves Jesus with a deep and abiding affection that joyfully overflows to my children.

And any stone being mentally handled must become endowed with such poetry and artistry as God has given you.

You can learn more about hunting deer with a bow and arrow in a week than a gun hunter will learn in his entire life

Nowadays, you suffer the same risks - ostracism, career loss, possible assault - for being perceived as racist that you would have encountered a century ago for daring to question racist ideology.

I'm all for whatever it takes to get wherever you need to get with a character, as long as you don't wipe it on me.

I'm an economist, I do a lot of forecasting, and I'm probably one of the most successful forecasters in terms of very specific kinds of forecasts.

Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side - only hypocrisy and hate.

I have an underdog spirit in me, and now it feels weird to kind of get my own way more often than not.

My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!

Working on the 'Ice Age' movies, I'm really proud to be in them.