Hope Is Not A Strategy. Luck Is

Don't Get Seduced By Your Own Stuff. Don't Get High On Your Own Supply. The Hardest Thing As A Filmmaker Is When You're Watching A Film That You've Worked On For Several Years. You Know Every Frame So Intimately That Holding Lots Of The Objectivity Of A New Viewer Who Has Just Seen It For The First Time Is The Hardest Thing. Every Aesthetic Decision You Make - And You Make Thousands Of Them Every Day, Have To - In Theory, Must Be Done From You Being A Blank Slate. You Almost Have To Run A Program, Like A Mind Wipe, Every Time You Watch The Movie.

What Are The Lessons Learned? Well, I Think Number One Is Curiosity. It's The Most Powerful Thing You Own. Imagination Is A Force That Can Actually Manifest A Reality. And The Respect Of Your Team Is More Important Than All The Laurels In The World.

It Was Long Ago In My Life As A Simple Reporter That I Decided That Facts Must Never Get In The Way Of Truth.

There Is A Hugely Underserved Population Out There... Those Who Are The Least Capable Of Paying Pay The Highest.

It's Important For Me To Have Hope Because That's My Job As A Parent, To Have Hope, For My Kids, That We're Not Going To Leave Them In A World That's In Shambles, That's A Chaotic Place, That's A Dangerous Place.