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I always leave that for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's favorite movies. And that is what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else.

I am so grateful for what Disney gave me and the experiences that I got, but at the end of the day, I can do so much more than what I did on that channel and in those movies.

I can not watch scary movies right now, because living on my own, it kind of freaks me out.

Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it is so important to preserve your innocence.

There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they are doing.

I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make.

The best movies have one sentence that they are exploring, a thesis, something that people can argue about over dinner afterward.

Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You do not think of it as just movies, but as a life.

I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I am not going to make a Haneke film. That is just not in my DNA.

There are only so many movies you can direct. And yet there are movies that I want to make sure make it to the screen in as honest a way as possible.

I am trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it is big stuff like what we are doing here, or little stuff like, Why aren't I happier? With every film I feel like I am apologising for something. I feel I am most successful when I am looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I do like to expose.

There certainly is no secret in that there are plenty of people who do not like plenty of my movies. Each one of my films is personal each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that. With each one of my films, I am exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film.

I hate movies that tell people what to think. I am proud that Democrats thought Thank You For Smoking was their film and Republicans thought it was theirs. I am proud that pro-choice people thought Juno was their film and pro-life people thought it was theirs.

I am not going to have a perfect career. It is better to be Billy Wilder and make lots of movies and have five or six great ones than to make so few movies that when you make a bad one it crushes you.

As far as writing, I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like The Godfather or Dog Day Afternoon or The Graduate. You watch one of those, and you never want to write again. Whereas with bad movies, it makes you think, If that counts, I certainly could write.

I think romance is a tool, comedy is a tool and drama is a tool. I really just want to tell stories that challenge the viewer, move people, make you laugh, perhaps push an idea about being open-minded but never settle on a genre or an opinion. I hate genre. I like movies that are original in their approach.

I hear the way people talk about the children of famous people. They are not treated very well. The presumptions are usually quite awful. So I tried to establish myself with a couple of movies. After Juno I thought: I think I have defined myself enough as my own director that I do love to work with my father.

I am not Michael Moore. I think Michael Moore wants to tell you how to think. He wants to give you answers. I make movies to raise my own personal questions and not to give answers.

Well, Toronto, I consider to be the birthplace of my films. I have made three films and this is the third one to premiere here in the same theater on the same day at the same time - they are my audience. They are the people that I think about while I am writing, directing, and editing. I specifically make movies for them.

I work constantly but I work at a lot of different things. You know, I run a theater company in New York, I direct plays, act in plays, in movies, so I try to keep it eclectic.