Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and it's up to us to try to change it... I feel like a preacher! But it's really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally.

The worst thing for people to say about your movies is, "Yeah, it was pretty good, but it was too damn long.".

I've always approached screenplays and so forth with, "How would it really happen?" Not "What's the movie version?" but "What's the real-life version?" Then I just follow my nose.

The best cinema is about ethics.

I still have energy and some degree of youth, which is what a filmmaker needs.

Even if we die at 100, we're still dying young. I want at least 700 years. There's a lot of travelling and books to read and movies to see. I'm not going to squeeze it all in in 85 years.

I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.