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" I guess you can't really turn a camera on outside in Texas without getting Terrence Malick comparisons. "

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" I love horror films. I love ghost movies and haunted-house movies. "

" 'Peter Pan' is a beloved property. It's a property that was brought to the screen many, many times before, so one has to not only justify the reasons why one might make a 'Peter Pan' movie in 2018, 2019 or whatever, but you also have to do justice to the source material. "

" I made 'St. Nick' on a 30-page outline. 'Aint' Them Bodies Saints' was a full-bodied script, but it still had a lot of room for improvisation. There were scenes that weren't there on the page - just a sentence saying something happens. I was like, 'We'll figure this out when we shoot it.' "

" You always want your movies to reach the widest audience possible. "

" There are some stories - not even stories, some feelings - that you can't accomplish in cinema without using celluloid. "

" I can't watch my movies at their premieres - I learned that lesson the hard way. "

" In my darkest moments, I have not eaten an entire pie, but I have turned to other baked goods to find solace. "

" I have a very short attention span, which is funny. I mean, you'd watch me and think that I don't, but I actually do. "

" I can't solve a puzzle for the life of me - my brain doesn't work that way. But I can take a very simple idea and extrapolate from it and spend time with it and pull things out of it. "

" I find myself very attached to the places I live, and moving is never easy for me. "

" I love 'Peter Pan' to death. It's one of the most influential pieces of storytelling in my life. It made a huge impact on how I grew up. I love the cartoon. I love the 2003 version. "

" I never rejected religion, but it just ceased to be an overriding concern in my life. "

" The only part of 'A Ghost Story' that was reactionary was a temporal one. I had spent so much time making 'Pete's Dragon' that I was really impatient and excited to make something new. When this project presented itself, I was ready to jump right into it. I started shooting two days after 'Pete's Dragon.' "

" I love films that are more random and chaotic, finding moments and capturing them. "

" I'm happy to keep making Disney movies. "

" I love what Paul Thomas Anderson did with 'The Master' with putting out those teasers made up of footage that's not in the movie. "

" In dialogue scenes, my favorite moments are when people aren't talking because you can cut to the heart of the matter much more quickly, often with a look. People hide things in words. When you don't have words to hide things in, it becomes much more direct and much more immediate of a connection. "

" The films I love are very precise, and every shot means something; every shot should convey something new. "

" If I can't finish a screenplay, if I can't get to the last page as a writer, it probably means it's not a good movie for me to make. "

" I'm someone who is very sentimental and nostalgic and attached to the homes I lived in, and I think moving is a traumatic experience. "

" I'm not searching for the meaning of life, but I'm looking for a meaning within my life. "

" Obviously 'Pete's Dragon' is more commercial than 'A Ghost Story,' but when making them, I'm just trying to tell a story that matters to me, that ultimately would satisfy me as a moviegoer. Because watching movies is my favorite thing to do. I watch a lot of them. "

" I have a repository of titles I like in my head, and I am always looking for a movie that I can put one on. "

" I don't like being pessimistic. I don't like living my life with a nihilistic mindset. "

" David Lynch's 'Fire Walk With Me' has a scene in it that scared me so bad that I don't remember it. I blocked the memory out - repeatedly! I've seen the film two or three times, and I can never remember what it is that scares me. "

" I think, with 'St. Nick,' when you're working with a smaller budget, you have fewer risks involved. You're able to take chances with style and content. "

" I think there is a value in leaving the world a little better off, and movies can do that in a minor way. "

" The image of a bedsheet ghost standing all alone in an empty house was something I was obsessed with. I really wanted to make a film about that image, and I was waiting for the right story to come along. When it did, I did my best to honor that image. "

" I love working with the same people. When I find someone I love and that I like working with, I don't want to stop working with them. "