You definitely do not do films for that particular reason. You do them for yourself, for your satisfaction of creating this thing with characters and watching these characters take on real life - that's all you care about.

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

I can't do that to myself...

I don't wanna need you because I can't have you.

You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.

The reason I don't retire is that I learn something new every day. The brain has to be exercised the same as the rest of the body. It's about expanding, constantly pushing yourself.

I always like to try different things, different genres; stories that have a dramatic element and can generate conflict which I find appealing; where the characters have to overcome obstacles. That kind of thing is challenging.