I just got to the point where I literally didn't want anyone else to do it.

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

The big-budget blockbuster is becoming one of the most dependable forms of filmmaking.

The most honest form of filmmaking is to make a film for yourself.

Remember, pain is temporary; film is forever.

If you work at love, you will find love at work.

Everybody's life has these moments, where one thing leads to another. Some are big and obvious and some are small and seemingly insignificant.

Filmmaking for me is always aiming for the imaginary movie and never achieving it.

Actors will never be replaced. The thought that somehow a computer version of a character is going to be something people prefer to look at is a ludicrous idea.

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

I think that's the job of a director really, to sort of funnel all the creativity into one centralized point of being.

I don't like to give up on people when they need someone not to give up on them.

Life is BETTER when you're SMILING!

But Krishna was a chameleon.

Nature like a kind and smiling mother lends herself to our dreams and cherishes our fancies.

When I do stand-up, I'm basically doing a one-man show.

Businesses should no longer be allowed to depress wages by hiring illegal labor and then falsely claim that Americans don't want to do the jobs.

I have no interest in Trump TV. I hear it all over the place.

And the question is, which one is really "you.

What will happen from now on? It doesn't matter. I can only focus on what's happening to me in this moment.

Humble we must be, if to heaven we go; High is the roof there, but the gate is low.