Quotes

When it gets down to it you just have to act.

I've been working for many years and I think I've managed to work with some of the best people in the business, which has been rewarding and an apprenticeship.

There are different reasons to make movies.

If it helps me in the way that if this movie is successful, I get to make more films, great, and the more films that I make and the more interest that I'm allowed to cover, the better for me and the better, hopefully, for the people who like to watch me.

I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in terms of violence, of adult content and racial and historical subject matter.

I think they are very important because westerns have a code and a symbolism.

Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness.

I got as much information as I could, so I wouldn't look stupid, but this is a post 9/11 world and there's only so much you can do with the FBI in terms of research.

I always ask, why can't I be just like Cary Grant or something.

But I guess I like playing flawed guys 'cause it gives a place for the characters to go.

Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically.

I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.

I would like to direct.

I would love to get great performances from actors as a director, because that's what I'm always looking for, a director that's going to help me go places I've never been before.

Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don't know what I'd do.

I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.

If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.

But then, even with sex, I'm more in the school of less is more in movies.

It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it.

I think women can be as cruel as men, and men as tender as women, and vice versa.

Through all the relationship stuff I've gone through in the past few years, I know there are fundamental differences in how men and women view sex and how they view their futures.

Our experience on 'Avatar' heavily influenced how we approached 'The Dragon Prince' and how we built our team.

Yeah, so when 'Avatar' came out, the social media world and the idea of fan communities were very new. There were forums and you could obviously go to conventions and talk to people, but it wasn't as clear or easy.

Fantasy stories have almost always been very white and European-focused, and we wanted to tell a story that would feel both more modern and more global. We wanted to attract a diverse audience.

We have a wonderful head of social media and community, Danika Harrod, who has a knowledge of community that's really authentic, and she just loves connecting with people and she's very empathetic to what fans might want.