I believe [ Rajiv Gandhi] had a real sense that he would be assassinated.
I want to make big movies that appeal to a lot of people. That's satisfying to me.
Kristen Bell is rare as an actress, because she's the type of actor who jumps out of a plane without a parachute - from a totally fearless place, which is really refreshing and inspiring.
I actually had a movie green lit at Disney the same week 'Burlesque' was green lit - a movie for Disney called 'Mash-Up', about a high school marching band.
I've always had a love affair with New York City, and I've threatened to get an apartment there one day. But it just made sense for me to set 'Burlesque' on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. It's a place I know intimately well and love, and I think there's a great story to be told with L. A.
Disney was kind enough, thoughtful enough and believed enough in me, as a director, to wait for me to be available.
I want to tell beautiful stories. I know I want to tell stories that appeal to a large audience. I want to make movies that appeal to mass culture.
Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life.
A lot of people, when you ask if they want to read your epic poem, start bolting for the door.
For the personality, bankruptcy or failure may be a disaster. For the soul, it may be grist for its strangely joyful mill, and a condition it has been secretly engineering for years.
Philosophers are very severe towards other philosophers because they expect too much.