A fantasy film is often improved by some kind of human reality.

- James Mangold

Filmmakers get into trouble when they're watching too many DVDs and quoting all the time.

- James Mangold

You see the assets of your actors and you see their strengths and you try to play into them. It's like I feel part of my job is as a coach. I'm putti…

- James Mangold

The boundary between real life and acting is hard to find.

- James Mangold

The idea of devoting two years of my life to making a corporate product that looks and smells and tastes like a lot of other things out there with ju…

- James Mangold

What I'm really focused on is the majesty of the best films I see are films that don't panhandle for an extra laugh later, but actually deliver the g…

- James Mangold

The funny thing about me is I move from genre to genre, but I essentially shoot all the movies the same way.

- James Mangold

If you respect the events and respect the real life tragedy, you can drive your film to address it in some mature way.

- James Mangold

We should be writing more great roles for women, period. Another problem is that movies are generally made for 14-year-old boys, and 14-year-old boys…

- James Mangold