The crime film is the most honest American film.
Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song.
Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony.
I like violence to be upsetting. The only reason to do it subtley is if doing it subtley makes it more effective somehow.
It always surprises me in films that killers seem so gleeful about killing people.
I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.