I had to take my makeup off at work every night. I wasn't allowed to do it at home because my mom said that when your work day is done, you're done with work.

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The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full...

My kids are young and my life with them is really stimulating and really full...

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well...

I wish that I spoke more languages. I speak a couple languages, but not well...

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so...

I think anybody over 30 plays parents because it happens in your thirties and so...

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective,...

I think Anna and the King is a look at Asia from the Asian perspective,...

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in...

Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in...

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time...

The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time...

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

I think 'destiny' is just a fancy word for a psychological pattern.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the...

I love more than anything looking at a movie scene by scene and seeing the...

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.

I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time,...

I wish people could get over the hang-up of subtitles, although at the same time,...

I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.

I want to be inspiring to myself, to my kids, my family, and my friends.

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate...

It's an interesting combination: Having a great fear of being alone, and having a desperate...

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I've gone through phases of just forgiving your parents for not being as young as...

I've gone through phases of just forgiving your parents for not being as young as...

You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a...

You develop a third eye where you kind of know where they are in a...

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable.

Everyone's afraid of something, that's how you know you care about things, when you're afraid...

Everyone's afraid of something, that's how you know you care about things, when you're afraid...

Sometimes, when I say 'I'm okay.' I want someone to look me in the eyes,...

Sometimes, when I say 'I'm okay.' I want someone to look me in the eyes,...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

What an enormous magnifier is tradition! How a thing grows in the human memory and...

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.

Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.