"If you're working on a movie, you want it to be projected on the largest tapestry possible, and the sound to be perfect, and for that kind of communal experience of the movies to take place for it."

"When I look back on my childhood, I think of that short time in Beirut. I know that seeing the city collapse around me forced me to grasp something many people miss: the fragility of peace."

"Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust."

"There's something in human nature, the trying-to-get-on-with-it quality of people, the struggle to maintain or keep the show going can be exhausting."

"I spend so much time with my parents. My mom and I were joined at the hip for five years. There was not one moment when I wasn't with her."

"The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby."

"There is no greater harm than that of time wasted."

"So, I'm happy to do that because it's a wonderful working relationship but I will be going out for pilot season for half hour work and that's the gamble I'm taking."