I'm Definitely Not A Nerd.

Movies Are The Biggest Export In The World, The Biggest American Export. It Influences People All Over The World. Music And Movies. That's What's Exciting About What We Do, The Fact That It's So Global. It Brings People Together. People Don't Have To Understand The Language To Laugh At Actors. They're Going To Laugh Even Though They Don't Understand What They're Saying. Cause They're Seeing It.

I Ask My Assistants If They're Retarded All The Time. When The Camera Is On You, Of Course, Actors Have The Ability To Make It Real. For Me, If I'm Not Talking, It Is A Problem. I Have So Much More Respect For Actors After Being In Front Of The Camera, And I Realize That The Hardest Part Is When You're Not Talking. Listening Is Harder Than Just Acting. Listening Is The Hardest Part.

You Can't Show A Four-hour Movie In A Theater, Really.

I'd Want To Marry Cate Blanchett, Date Kate Bosworth, And Spend The Weekend With Elisha Cuthbert.

I Did New York, I Love You Which Is A Very Personal Film For Me. My Most Personal Film, But It's Not Like A Film I've Ever Made. I Would Never Do That Film As A Feature, For Instance, Because It's Not Very Commercial Of An Idea.