There is truly no other business in the world like making movies. It's unique, it's extremely demanding and difficult, but it's also the most rewarding.

Today, with computer-generated visual effects, everything is possible. So we've seen everything. If it can be imagined, it can be put on screen.

Screenwriting and making movies is really playing make-believe like most of us did as children.

For as long as I can remember, I've always had a wild imagination and always enjoyed reading and writing.

Dreams do come true. But it will involve a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication, a lot of studying.

Get back up, shake the dust off and keep going. Keep going, because Hollywood is set up to make you fail.

My tombstone would someday read I died keeled over at my computer writing a screenplay or a business plan.

I've already made several friends-for-life from the latest movies I've worked on, and I know I'll make several more in the years to come.

The original Star Wars ("A New Hope") has had the greatest impact on me of all the films I've ever watched. It's really what sparked something in me to want to make movies.

I spent several years in the film finance business, but I returned to what I loved most about the industry - actual filmmaking, producing, writing and directing.

I found my father's Super8mm film camera when I was around eight years old and started shooting with it. I had no idea what I was doing at the time, but that's really where my filmmaking began.

The moment was surreal. A sometimes-autistic young man with two identities lecturing a room full of zombies on feelings and realities.

Each day you wake up, work as if the manifestation of your dream solely depends on that day.

I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it.

People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do right because the world doesn't make sense if you don't.

Analyzin' miss clairol, fendi'd down mascara on, assistant manager in paragon

Cunning differs from wisdom as twilight from open day.

"Government," says Swift, "is a plain thing, and fitted to the capacity of many heads."

So when our dreams come true will you marry me?