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

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

It's obviously a lot more of a political undertaking making a movie in Hollywood and it's a business there. In Australia, they don't expect films to make money; whereas in America they're counting on it.

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

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

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.

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.