Fear and self-doubt have always been the greatest enemies of human potential.
All my favorite movies are somebody else's least favorite movie.
I do think that I'm a big believer in having an idea or having ideas and just tucking them away in the back of your brain. Even if you aren't consciously thinking of them, I think they simmer. You're working on them, even if you don't know you're working on them, and I think having something in your head for a while is a valuable thing.
I mean, the first “Back to the Future” is kind of a perfect script, I think. In terms of handling time travel the best, it depends on your definition. To me, that means it effectively uses it in the story.
You go from these high hopes when you're writing to just a desperate want of not making a complete fool of yourself by the end of it.
Much of directing [a movie] is not directing but just listening and being present in the moment and just keeping your eyes open.
I bristle a little when the argument for film gets put into the nostalgia ghetto. Film is still the highest quality and best-looking image capture medium available. I don't think it always will be. The digital image will get better, and it will eventually surpass the quality of the film image, but it isn't there yet.
Love who you are and what you are and what you do. Laugh at yourself and at life and nothing can touch you.
From ages 10 to 12 or so, I barely remember anything.
We are tyrannized by our options.
I can't drive, so I don't need a flash car, and I like living at home, so I don't need a mansion. I'm sensible with money. It's not why I act.