I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.

The first cut I do is usually between five and 10 minutes shorter then the cut that we release. Anything I think isn't working or might not work, I don't even put it in the director's cut. And usually it's the studio suggesting I put stuff back in, as opposed to studios saying, "You got to lose 40 minutes," they are always saying, "You've got to gain five minutes."

I'm an unusual director in that my cut is usually shorter then the final released film. I like short films.

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.

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.

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

They want to let the audience figure things out and let the reaction shot get the laugh.