My friends just make fun of me in some shape or form.
Sundance took me on my first film and from there sort of launched my career.
I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.
Every cinematographer I worked with had his own way of solving problems.
The sun is the most parallel light source because it is so far away.
I don't think of myself as a director or writer. I think of myself as a filmmaker.
I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end.
Just remember, when you’re over the hill, you begin to pick up speed.
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, but it sure makes the rest of you lonely.
If you don't do it my way, I suggest you commit suicide.
I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends.
I'm the most misunderstood, misquoted person I know, honestly.
Somehow I took whatever criticism there was very much to heart.
I don't like to come at my character from some really technical place.
The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them.
'Lincoln' was OK; I thought it was a rock-solid eight out of 10, but it shouldn't win all the awards.
I've always wanted... I wanted to give people joy.
I didn't think Comfort and Joy was going to be a box-office smash.
Never name a show after a character if you want to be the guy running the show.
Doubt comes in at the window when inquiry is denied at the door.
Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.
