I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.

The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening.

You've got to remind yourself all the time that you're being measured against the fashions of the day, and if your work truly has any kind of staying power, well, people will be talking about it in 20, 30 years.

Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to be in control enough to capture what's happening

I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures

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.