“When I started to watch some of the films I'd done, I realized I was doing movies that I might not actually want to see.”

“I don't make the best movies in the world, but at times, I do feel like I'm adding something to the cinematic community.”

“Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you.”

“Movies these days have made killers into funny people. What's that all about? I've got kids and family and friends, and I don't like bad things. I don't think they're funny, and it's irresponsible to make movies that don't show you how that's not good.”

“I love music, and after my first experience with movies, I can't wait to do more.”

“I've had such a great track record in making a huge profit when the movies are smaller.”

“Of course for many years directors have had to go on the road with their movies and promote them and I've done that since the beginning. So that's not new but the forms of it are different such as with the internet.”

“I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level.”

“Sundance is weird. The movies are weird - you actually have to think about them when you watch them.”