I think Kurosawa was one of the first storytelling geniuses who began to change the narrative structure of films.

If I had been at an assembly line for films, I don't know if I would be the best driver. I think I would have crashed the car.

In my work I think what drives me is perfection. I'm a chronically unsatisfied guy.

Everybody is looking for validation, no matter who you are, and I think that's a need of the human condition - to look for affection or recognition or validation.

I think Jenny Beavan is a masterful costume designer and very deserving of the Oscar for 'Mad Max: Fury Road.'

For me, it is especially important to maintain my interior life. My spirituality, my connectedness. That is the way I think. That is the way I deal with life and tough moments. I keep in touch with something bigger than me. And I connect with people who have an interior life - a connection with something bigger than them.