When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them.

I think doing period piece is easier, because after a certain distance, everybody is equal, I think. The relative contemporary is harder. I think that's the way it is.

I guess in Hollywood you chart your life by Oscars. You say to each other, "Remember when that movie won that year? It was 2006. Remember that?"

For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

I like to do drama, something about life that could be disappointing.

At times I can't help going for visual comfort. Sometimes a picture fills up your head, and you try to move the actors around to make that visual statement.