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When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness itself, but the pursuit.
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It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.
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I think there's only one or two films where I've had all the financial support I needed. All the rest, I wish I'd had the money to shoot another ten days.
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I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films.
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I also saw the Dalai Lama a few times.
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You've got to understand when a collaborator isn't satisfied anymore.
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I've been to North Africa many times.
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I loved the idea of seeing the world through a boy's eyes.
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I've always liked 3D.
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I don't really see many people... don't really go anywhere either.
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I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.
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We can't keep thinking in a limited way about what cinema is. We still don't know what cinema is. Maybe cinema could only really apply to the past or the first 100 years, when people actually went to a theater to see a film, you see?
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There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.
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I'm an older generation.
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Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was.
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You don't make pictures for Oscars.
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I mean, music totally comes from your soul.
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Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.
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Well, I think in my own work the subject matter usually deals with characters I know, aspects of myself, friends of mine - that sort of thing.
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I wish I could do everything in 3D.