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I think films have to reach people and really grab them. That's what I hope to do when I make a film - to get under your skin and really make you think about something, and have a transporting time that takes you somewhere.

Once a film is made and it exists, someone somewhere is going to watch it and that is kind of the magic of it all.

Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating.

Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.

You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don't work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won't work.

Movies are an art form that is very available to the masses.

Films can only be made by by-passing the will of those who appear in them, using not what they do, but what they are.

Generally, with films, what tends to happen is that a few people get a lot of momentum out of it, and a lot of people don't.

We all do films believing in them completely, but sometimes, the audiences like what we like, and other times, they don't.

We make films that we ourselves would want to see and then hope that other people would want to see it. If you try to analyze audiences or think there's some sophisticated recipe for success, then I think you are doomed. You're making it too complicated.