I personally feel like, if you're watching a film about war, you should get a sense of what it's really like..

I'm sure part of the fascination with the film is voyeuristic - that we go to see somebody who's been struck by lightning..

Independent film is taking risks in all areas. It's not just about complicated women..

Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.

Television and film are such streamlined story mediums. You can't really meander about, whereas a novel is an interior experience..

I make a film like I cook for friends. I hope they like it, but if they don't, I'm prepared to enjoy it all by myself..

My films are about embarrassment..

The mainstream usually follows trends, it seldom sets them except for a few films..

I don't necessarily agree with everything I read about my films, but I wouldn't highlight a specific misconception: If people think this or that abou….

My biggest fear is overreaching. I have been in situations where I felt swamped, and it's turned out really well; and I've had other situations where….

Making films is - or should be - a very personal experience. You shouldn't listen to anybody, other than the people you choose to listen to..

We film in front of a live audience, and I was a theater actor before I got into television, so I like that..

I look for the ability to work. Directing is hard work. They don't teach you that in film school. Critics are not aware of it, but it is hard, physic….

The whole point of making a film is to tell a story..

I love the process of making films and an incidental satisfaction is the fact that most of them made money..

When I started I had no knowledge of films whatsoever. I was an engineering major at Stanford. And I found out as a senior that they had two film cri….

Sometimes you film in your hometown, sometimes you go halfway across the world..

Every film starts with the script..

When I worked on 2001 - which was my first feature film - I was deeply and permanently affected by the notion that a movie could be like a first-pers….

Nollywood is a genre, and not the entire Nigerian film industry..

For me, a director is a director immaterial of the gender. At the end of the day, the audience is only interested in watching a good film..