The idea of it [Star Wars] is really exciting, but the most fun part is the actual job you get to do: the character that you get to play, the people that you work with, the day-to-day experience.

Each time demands its own kind of film.

That's something that Francis [Ford Coppola] would always say. I remember when I was doing Tetro, he said, "Stay innocent. I'm 69 years old, and I'm still innocent."

It feels like you're being invited into a kind of community [working with the Coen brothers].

Howard Hughes innovation was in the aviation field. His designs and spirit of experimentation was at the forefront. As far as his work as film producer, he certainly went after a bigger and more ambitious kind of filmmaking, even if he wasn't necessarily a cinema artist.

Warren [Beatty] loves to talk about his experiences with [Elia] Kazan.

By anyone's measure, [Warren Beatty] is proven himself. But he still sets out to make something as great as it possibly can be.