One of the main reasons I wanted to work on 'World War Z' was because I'm a huge fan of the book, and I love the idea of taking a non-linear story and creating a three-act structure out of it.

If there's a God out there, then i would hope he has more important things to attend to than my drinking scotch or eating pork.

I think directing is part play, part work, not just all work, because I think you always have to play. I think that's ultimately why I got into making movies, is because I love to play.

What I'm passionate about is telling stories which mean something to me.

Three days after my brother died, my father was in the hospital. He just did not want to live anymore. Before, he was fighting and loving life.

I realized that a lot of the great directors that I admire from [Ingmar] Bergman to [Fredrico] Fellini re always shooting, then going into the editing room, and shooting again.

I always wanted to do an action movie, not particularly Bond.

I think people, unfortunately, do live in constant fear.

I always try to stay objective, and to remove myself from the process and look at the film again.

Some of the greatest directors never got an Oscar, like Kubrick, or Hitchcock. For me, personally, I think the body of work is more important than winning an Oscar.

You do a lot of press, but getting to talk and discuss movies with your peers is the best and most fulfilling part.

If you wanna live long, live your Passion.

You cannot see the past that did not happen any more than you can foresee the future.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.- Mark Twain

A Set Back is only a Set Up for a Come Up!

I discovered I always have choices and sometimes it's only a choice of attitude.

I was student council president in high school, and even in law school, I was vice-president of the student bar association.

I love music. But I've never owned a TV in my adult life, and I've never lived in a place with a television.

The one broken window that permanently wouldn't roll up had destroyed her perfectly curled blond prom-hair, and by the time we got to the gym she looked like Marie Antoinette with bedhead.

When bankers get together they talk about art. When artists get together, they talk about money.