In anything I've ever written all the characters sound like me which I don't think is a bad thing. It makes sense. But I had always admired filmmakers who made movies that didn't sound like them at all.

I'd see movies comedies and I loved 'Animal House' I loved all the John Hughes stuff but I never saw me and my friends totally represented.

So I know how I watch movies which is on my laptop man. And that's how I suspect a lot of people do it.

You know comics and movies even if you take a comic and turn it into a movie we can't all be Joss Whedon.

It's too expensive that's the thing nobody wants to talk about. It is too expensive to make movies. That's not true it is too expensive to market movies. Making movies is not.

It's always uncomfortable for me when I take off my shirt. No one else is taking their shift off. Why is everyone else in these movies bundled up in layers of clothing and I'm taking my clothes off all the time?

I want to make movies about my country from my point of view.

I've made some bad movies. And I really enjoyed it!

Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you.

I have worked on very good movies that have been buried and I've worked on some resounding mediocrities that have been paraded through the marketplace like they were masterpieces.

I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

I don't direct movies for a living.

People go to the movies to watch a film and all they're thinking about is the actress's cellulite they saw in a magazine.

One of the reasons why people - particularly young people - love action movies is because what they are really looking for is justice.

I was in television drama which is a first cousin to the movies and I trust myself to make the right decisions.

I'm fighting the label of 'Black' actress simply because it's very limiting in people's eyes especially people who are making movies.

I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids at some point can see and I can feel comfortable sitting there watching it with them. And just that move people. That make people feel a little bit better about themselves when they leave the theatre.

I want to be around for a long time singing and making albums and movies.

Movies have to handle time very efficiently. They're about stringing scenes together in the present. Novels aren't necessarily about that.

I think America becomes more disgruntled by going to the movies and having an endlessly good time at them.

Audiences don't ever disappoint me in the sense that movies I feel really good about they usually feel really good about too.

Here's the thing about movies all movies end up on television. That's their life. Whether you like it or not I don't care how much money you spend on it or how big or broad the film is or who the actors are in it eventually it's all coming out of the box.

I like high impact movies.

I've been asked to do action-oriented movies in the past and they just haven't been right for me.