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A lot of movies treat kids like idiots.

Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad.

You always fear when you're making a movie that has a moral to the story that people are going to reject the idea of being taught a lesson.

At times, I feel sorry for kids who have succumbed in some kind of way to being a child actor.

If beautiful movies can influence you to go out and hug your children, then we have to be honest and say that other movies can inspire you to do bad things.

I don't hold with the notion that only bad books make good movies.

You learn as much from doing a bad film as a good one.

Good filmmakers make bad films; it happens.

Kids want you to take them to whatever kid movie is opening, and you just hope it's good because you're going to buy a ticket, no matter what. If it's no good, you kind of drape your arm over your kid so they don't get smashed, and you take a little nap.

I love a good fight and I think a bad fight can ruin a movie. I really do.