I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.

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I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

I'd like to be Dakota Fanning when I get young.

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors...

Well, I certainly was exposed to and learned to appreciate the work of great directors...

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see...

I don't know why people think child actresses in particular are screwed up. I see...

But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a...

But now I really don't want to work unless I really, really care about a...

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.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the...

I guess I've played a lot of victims, but that's what a lot of the...

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

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

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...

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based...

By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based...

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...

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 fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read...

I fantasize about having a manual job where I can come home at night, read...

I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships...

I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships...

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 have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing...

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like...

But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because...

But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because...

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.

Part of me longs to do a job where there's not a gray area.