"Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most." — Francis Ford Coppola

I think a sequel is a waste of money and time. I think movies should illuminate new stories.

I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians.

When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'