It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing.

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.

When you're done shooting, the movie that you're going to release when you're done shooting is as bad as it will ever be. And then through editing, and finishing the effects and adding music, you get to make the movie better again. So I'm really hard on myself and on the movie.

I'm not the one or two take guy, but I'm not the 20, 30, 50, 70 take guy either. If I do a bunch of takes, like more than five or six, it's usually for some technical reasons.

It always happens at the end that you're always under the gun because of various schedules and all that.

I don't believe in leaving a scene in because it was really hard to shoot, or because it's the reason you took the movie, or because you always wanted to work with an actor . . . If it's not making the movie work, get rid of it.

These movies are like my kids. I just love them to death. Some of them go to Harvard and some of them can barely graduate high school.