"If I made a movie about my childhood, the villain would be a bicycle with no brakes."

"The only time my father ever took me to a temple was when the rabbi called him in because I threw a rubber snake at the Torah."

"I'm not a political filmmaker. I'm a filmmaker who makes political films."

"I never went to film school. I learned by doing."

"I've always been afraid of the dark. I still sleep with a nightlight."