Sometimes Your Whole Life Boils Down To

With 'avatar,' I Thought, Forget All These Chick Flicks And Do A Classic Guys' Adventure Movie, Something In The Edgar Rice Burroughs Mold, Like John Carter Of Mars - A Soldier Goes To Mars.

I Pick My Feature Film Battles Very Carefully. They're Going To Be Personal And They're Going To Take A Lot Of My Energy. I'm Not Going To Be Some Big Production Company And Be Jerry Bruckheimer Or Something Like That. It Doesn't Interest Me.

I've Tried Not To Get Sucked Into The Hollywood Hierarchy System. Personally, I Don't Like It When People Are Deferential To Me Because I'm An Established Filmmaker. It's A Blue-collar Sensibility.

If You Set Your Goals Ridiculously High And It's A Failure, You Will Fail Above Everyone Else's Success.

Rose: You're Trembling. Jack: I'll Be Alright.