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

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.

I was seeing a lot of really good things about Get Shorty when it came out, and my wife pointed out that if you validate the good reviews, you also have to validate the bad reviews.

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

Michael worked one day. Everybody was a little freaked out and nervous because he's a really big star. We were already working with really big stars, but Michael is Michael.