There's a level of confidence in the actor you're working with that really helps a lot. It makes all the difference.

Working out is incredibly boring. I swear it's true that the bigger your muscles get, the fewer brain cells you have.

I chose to tell a personal story. When you tell a movie like this that's as emotionally charged as this is, it's a risk. As one of my great cinematic heroes, Francis Coppola, would say, "If you aren't taking the highest, greatest risk, then why are you a filmmaker?"

I always leave disaster for other people to decide, because some of the things I consider to be disasters are some people's favorite movies. And that's what I like so much, is that you never know. Something intrigues somebody and means nothing to somebody else.

I won't kill you but I don't have to save you.

You have to treat yourself like a mushroom to some degree, in order to keep on discovering things.

The art of survival is a story that never ends.