I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years..

I like to work. I enjoy once a year, doing a film..

It's happening right now... it's just not on film, it's not being recorded..

If I'm ever working on a set and anyone talks about a master shot, I say there is no master shot. Before I even went to film school, I learned about ….

There is no such thing, incidentally, as one kudo..

It's always a problem with television and with films, you always shoot things out of sequence, so you just take your best stab at every moment. You c….

I've never been fired in my life. From anything. I've never failed at anything I've tried..

Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody..

We all see only that which we are trained to see..

You won't see Moonves on Twitter..

We are, after all, homo economicus..

Life's there to make the most of, and that's what I do..

Your word is your bond, you do what you say you're going to do..

When something is based on an iconic film, and we found this out with "The Producers" too, you've got to pay homage to what I'd call the greatest hit….

With Carmina Burana, my collected works begin..

I think Kellie Martin, Reese Witherspoon and Claire Danes represent the future for women in film, and I would be honored to share the stage with any ….

I'm not interested in a film about golf but I am interested in golf as a metaphor..

The only rule is there's only one rule: no rules..

Many thrillers follow such reliable formulas that you can look at what's happening and guess how much longer a film has to run..

In fact, whenever I go and watch a film I don't like to read about them beforehand - I like to go in fresh and get inside the story without knowing w….

It was a tough experience with Alan Horn, who didn't like anything that was R-rated. So you can imagine he hated some of my films..