I Think Movies Are A Director's Medium

The Movies That Influenced Me Were Movies That Told Their Stories Through Pictures More Than Words.

Listen, You Make A Big Movie, You're Going Into The Coliseum, And People Are Going To Give You The Thumbs Up Or The Thumbs Down. And That's Part Of The Game. It's Part Of The Fun As Well.

Children Make You Confront Your Own Childhood. Which I Think Is Common. Suddenly You're Remembering Your Own Parents As Parents, Not To Mention The Fact That You're Confronted By Them As Grandparents. So You Also Have That Terrible Shock, A Mirror Image Of Your Own. You Suddenly Seem To Be So Helpless In The Face Of Young Children. And You Think, "how Did You Ever Bring Up Me?"

The Moment You Have Kids, You Are Prey To Judgment, But You Also Become A Judge. You Find Yourself Going, "can You Believe What She Did With Such-and-such?" At School.

Thank God I Don't Live In Los Angeles. I Think If You're There The Whole Time It Just Gets Out Of Proportion And You Lose Touch Completely With Reality.