To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation. My sisters, my daughters, my friends; find your voice
I do my films the best as I can, period. I always hope that, gradually, my honest work will reach Americans.
I'm at peace with myself. My film just may please audiences. At any rate, it's already a great prize to be part of just 16 films among all of the world cinema out there. I'm tranquil and satisfied.
I'd never make a film that I am not passionate about. My whole life, I've only made the films I wanted to make, even when I had limited means.
If I need something, I just draw it, have a few friends make it move, and it exists. I enjoy this strange power. I try to be a good sorcerer, though.
I'm a sorcerer because I start with nothing, and then, eventually, there is something. And I touch you, I move you, I make you laugh or cry, and you believe in what's happening on the screen, although I always show it's invented.
Fairy tales have a hidden power, and their appeal never ends. They're the best way to get messages across.
I've suffered from an identity crisis my entire life. It's why I went into acting.
Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five barred gate. A dog by instinct turns aside Who sees the ditch too deep and wide, But man we find the only creature Who, led by folly, combats nature; Who, when she loudly cries-Forbear! With obstinacy fixes there; And where the genius least inclines, Absurdly bends his whole designs.
The playoffs is all about showing heart and playing together.
During the Gulf War, I remember two little third grade girls saying to me - after I read them some poems by writers in Iraq - 'You know, we never thought about there being children in Iraq before. ' And I thought, 'Well those poems did their job, because now they'll think about everything a little bit differently. '