A good filmmaker is someone who can look at a piece and go, "This camera's really going to be a character. I want people to feel like they're being punched."

In the old days the studios guided your career. Now it's all up to you.

It's always good to have no expectations when you see a film. Then you can be pleasantly disappointed or surprised.

Stop your grinnin and drop your linen

Howdy. I'm gonna separate your head from your shoulders. Hope you don't mind none.

I've always loved movies about con men. I think con men are as American as apple pie.

It's very liberating to be naked in front of a hundred people, but there's nothing sexual about lovemaking on a movie set.