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

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

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

I think there's nothing wrong with being fixated on superheroes when you are 7 years old, but I think there's a disease in not growing up.

I think the most experimental way to a film is to tell the story the traditional way, because everyone is doing the other thing.

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.