I've gone through phases of just forgiving your parents for not being as young as they used to be or not being able to do the things they could do before, and I think this film is about forgiveness. It…

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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 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,...

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...

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'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

I'm kind of a chatterbox and I talk really fast.

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 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 think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

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 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,...

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...

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.

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.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

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...