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.

As a filmmaker, it's important to sit there and feel embarrassed. If you feel embarrassed by something, you cut it.

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

I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

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

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

It's very difficult to lie to yourself about certain things. I'm not necessarily convinced about how information is gathered and I don't think the credence that's given to it is valid.