“I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.”

“You make movies for the people. If critics happen to like them too, well, that's a home run.”

“Even though I make those movies, I find myself wishing that more of those magic moments could happen in real life.”

“I was never into the popular school or clique or anything. Then I started doing movies when I was in high school, so then I got popular. Then the girls paid attention to you who didn't before.”

“I don't get it when you get so much openness about the way movies are made, and the special effects and the behind-the-scenes stuff and all of that. I can't help but feel like this reduces it a little bit.”

“'Little Miss Sunshine' snowballed. It was a tiny movie. We shot it in 30 days, and it was really fun to do, but it was one of those small movies that you don't hold out huge hope for.”

“If people are constantly reading about you, and you're overexposed, they've got no reason to go see your movies. Also, it's not pleasant or nice to have your privacy invaded.”

“When I go into making a movie, personally, I don't try to bring other pieces of movies with me.”

“It is odd there are many movies with many men. But generally movies have one woman, or maybe the older woman and the younger girl.”