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There are a lot of things that come to bear on movies now that I don't think are good for movies. They're trying to appeal to the biggest demographic and, when they do that, you sometimes flatten out.

There's more to life than movies.

When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.

Anyone who has ever been privileged to direct a film also knows that, although it can be like trying to write 'War and Peace' in a bumper car in an amusement park, when you finally get it right, there are not many joys in life that can equal the feeling.

It's so rare that you see a movie that you are genuinely moved by on a real level, and you relate to it, and you come out feeling uplifted.

Being in quite a few movies... there's always things that are changing about a film.

It's just a fact of life that I don't think I've ever been taken particularly seriously in movies by movie makers. I don't know why.

Movies have an enormous power to open the mind and the heart and everything.

Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just go to exploring the complexities of the human soul. Everything is valid if it's done with honesty and dignity, and I actually do both of those types of movies in my career.

Some films change your life a little.