do i have political views? you bet! i think the best way to express them is in your work, and then get the hell off the stage

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore

However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.

Everybody doesn't have to have a daughter who's a goodie-two-shoes.

The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.

When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit