You obviously can't cast Brad [Pitt] as an everyman guy because he just brings way too much baggage.

I'm from the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" school of screenwriting. I just like to preserve what works and ignore what doesn't work.

It's a wonderful thing to go to work and have no idea what you're going to do.

I'm sure part of the fascination with the film is voyeuristic - that we go to see somebody who's been struck by lightning.

I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and maybe don't use 12 setups. I'm in awe of people like that; I'm just not that guy.

I think the film gives you a picture of a person. It gives you a complete picture.

You obviously can't cast Brad [Pitt] as an everyman guy because he just brings way too much baggage.