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

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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 am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

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,...

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 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,...

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

Claustrophobia makes it the perfect setting.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of...

In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of...

I may not have the cutest eyes, prettiest smile, gorgeous face or perfect body, but...

I may not have the cutest eyes, prettiest smile, gorgeous face or perfect body, but...

The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but...

The most exciting breakthroughs of the 21st century will not occur because of technology but...

There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.

There is no small act of kindness. Every compassionate act makes large the world.