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'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.

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

I like violence to be upsetting. The only reason to do it subtley is if doing it subtley makes it more effective somehow.

Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony.

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.

Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song.