“No, but way before that, I've been doing little dances in movies for years. Yeah, that was an amazing chance. You know, at my age to be able to do a music dance video, very unusual.”

“I think a lot of people do big movies not because they are talented artists but because they can function in the circumstances.”

“It's something I never dreamed I'd be doing, making movies.”

“The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them.”

“I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.”

“Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.”

“I care about the connection with the audience. Film is such a powerful medium. Movies can change the way people think.”

“I just love movies, so suddenly, you're political about movies, and that's dark. It's just not fun when something you love becomes calculated.”

“And the VCR did the same thing: the movie industry thought nobody would ever watch movies any more.”