Disney was kind enough, thoughtful enough and believed enough in me, as a director, to wait for me to be available..

Cher is really down-to-earth, very nurturing, incredibly funny and fun, a great storyteller, and creates a great environment on the set..

I want to do something where the script is there. That doesn't mean that I won't need to come in, or be asked to come in, and help develop something.….

I love actors. I love working with actors. I really enjoy the process. I love having those in-depth discussions about the interior of their character….

I've been involved in burlesque for a really long time and I've always been really interested in burlesque, and I was writing musicals for different ….

I always wanted to direct. I always saw myself as a director..

I know that I've definitely found what I should be doing with my life. In my life, as far as my career goes, I always felt, as an actor, that it was ….

In a huge way, everything that I've done in my life has helped inform my ability to communicate with actors and direct them..

I want to make big movies that appeal to a lot of people. That's satisfying to me..

This is such a cliche, but I feel like filmmaking is a collaborative experience..

Kristen Bell is rare as an actress, because she's the type of actor who jumps out of a plane without a parachute - from a totally fearless place, whi….

I actually had a movie green lit at Disney the same week 'Burlesque' was green lit - a movie for Disney called 'Mash-Up', about a high school marchin….

I'm not Shakespeare. I have no delusions of who I am, as a writer. I wrote a simply beautiful script that's a fun-filled, joyous fantasy, and I was f….

I've always had a love affair with New York City, and I've threatened to get an apartment there one day. But it just made sense for me to set 'Burles….

I want to tell beautiful stories. I know I want to tell stories that appeal to a large audience. I want to make movies that appeal to mass culture..