I went to Columbia University because I knew I wanted to go to a school that was academically rigorous. I prided myself on getting good grades, but I also hated it.

I was packing to go to Columbia University, and they told me that weekend that I got the 'Pitch Perfect.'

During school, I'd advertise cars in the University of British Columbia newspaper.

I went to New York City to Columbia University, and with the first directing exercise, I knew I was a director.

My parents were supportive. I didn't have good grades, but they could tell I wasn't lazy.

It was at the graduate school at Columbia University that I first met Wesley C. Mitchell, with whom I was associated for many years at the National Bureau of Economic Research and to whom I owe a great intellectual debt.