I work for the public, for the people who are paying to go to the cinema, rather than for the critics.

I've always felt that failure was a completely underrated experience.

There's a moment in time where kids don't want to hear anything from their parents.

I don't think I ever take huge risks, though I'm not scared of doing so.

One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well.

I like it when my face tingles when the hair on the back of my neck stands up.

When I do a Western, I often wonder what I would have done in that situation.

I wait and take on projects that I think can work.

I don't give up. I'm a plodder. People come and go, but I stay the course.

I don't take much stock in other people's opinions if I think something's good.

Being a celebrity is probably the closest to being a beautiful woman as you can get.

You have to try to dismiss the loudness of cynicism. It's certainly going to come.

Conventional wisdom is so scary because what if everybody's wrong?

I've always known that I'm a little out of vogue.

Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.

I've never had that fear of going against the grain.

You can be as you choose to be. It's an act of discipline sometimes, but it can be done.

I wouldn't do the movie unless I thought it had a chance to be good.

It's such a cool thing in life to get what it is you want. Most of the time we don't, but occasionally we do.