I love film sets, but I don't necessarily love being the center of attention..

I think with every character I get, there's an approach that's appropriate. I feel like my own job is to interpret what there is in the film and show….

My family is not at all involved in television, or film, or theatre, or any of it, really..

There is this old thing that a lot of people say - that the worst experiences make the best films. I don't subscribe to it. But I've seen it happen..

I try and do films I know I'm going to enjoy watching as well as being in..

When you do bigger films, the financiers take more risks..

Sometimes you just can't walk away from films you're offered, like the Dylan Thomas thing..

I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions..

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new..

I do have a strong desire to make films that will take the audience to some uncharted places both tonally and emotionally..

There's the concept that if I do this big budget project, then that will help me do the things I really want to do and bring more money to those film….

I never had a great role in a great film..

I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.'.

You have to draw on your unconscious when you make a film - you can't worry about whether it's costing a lot of money..

But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan..

You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of admissions. I abandoned many storie….

Tim also has enough confidence so that it always looks like a Tim Burton film, but it really is collaborative. You're allowed to do it your way but o….

I always feel like every film takes the franchise and hangs it in the balance..

I love films that make you feel good when you come out and, in my opinion, there's not enough of them these days..

A film is the reflection of the soul of its creator..

Critics have never been able to discover a unifying theme in my films. For thatmatter, neither have I..