To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'

I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.

I am the herald of the Great King.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.