As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.

I'm emotionally invested in every movie that I do, period, because you've got to make that commitment. You're spending a year, 18 months of your life doing it. I'm invested in all those kinds of pieces. Most of the films I've had in my career have never tested well. I got lucky that sometimes I got supported by studios - or, at least if not supported, tolerated.

I think when Sarah Palin opened her mouth and started talking, the more she talked, the less appealing she became.

There's no downside to having too much experience.

Everybody's trying to hold onto some shred of dignity in the process of it all, and, at the same time, never talking about how they don't have the power. No one has the power. So, you know, producers - we always think, "Well, producers are very powerful," but producers don't really have the power.

No one really has the power, and everybody's trying to get through the day, and everybody's nervous and desperate.