As Christians, our compassion is simply a response to the love that God has already shown us.
If you try to do a look-alike and an impersonation, then that's just not conducive to good drama.
I'm not interested in doing a simple, straightforward action movie, unless they want to pay me lots of money.
My philosophy is always, "Let's get the spirit of the character. " If people believe in it and the spirit of it, then it will work.
As a director you want to show the truth of people and sometimes that's unflattering, or it's not something that people want to see.
The thing about Hitchcock is that, however much one dissects him, he still manages to hang onto his mystery. You can never quite get to the bottom of him.
I'm looking for richness, complexity, and characters that have different layers and that you don't really get bored of.
Empires rise and fall like the abdomen of God. It's just the universe breathing.
A society that's addicted to narratives with beginnings, middles, and endings will eventually yearn to end. We just want it to end.
My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.
The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but significance - and then even the small steps and little victories along your path will take on greater meaning.