But the truth is, at some point, our films - almost every single one of them - are really bad. And it's largely hats off to John Lasseter and Ed Catm….

I'm attracted to short screenplays. Nobody really wants a film to be over two hours, or at least I don't..

I'm really easily affected by horror films. I have pretty strong reactions to them..

I have this theory that if you do a film, those who have not fallen asleep or left the cinema, they will live with the film much longer, and it will ….

I believe in fate, that films happen when they are supposed to..

There are many ingredients that go into making a film. It baffles me, what works and what doesn't..

I was able to capture on film things the actors didn't even know they were doing..

Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film..

It's obviously a lot more of a political undertaking making a movie in Hollywood and it's a business there. In Australia, they don't expect films to ….

The book is a film that takes place in the mind of the reader. That's why we go to movies and say, "Oh, the book is better.".

In general, I almost always watch foreign films..

The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff..

I always find film-making a pleasurable experience..

I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots p….

But I'd be lying if I didn't say that every time you go to make a film, you're desperate to either do it better than you did it last time or to not r….

I always wanted to be a film composer. So very early on I started collecting soundtracks and paying attention to how movie music works. Actually I'd ….

I can't let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film.

I really respect people who, while they only do films, they have a wide repertoire and a wide thematic array of films they do..

Films make me into some cheap turn...You bet they'll never let me play a part in a film where a Negro is on top..

The difference between film and TV, for me, is just that huge thing of knowing that there's a script that is not going to change and you can go reall….

I asked my media teacher, "You can make films out of sequence?" and he was like "Yeah! You can do whatever you want." I just started to write because….