I find it easier to work when it's quiet.

My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.

I just knew at an early time in my life how important privacy was.

How people are around a director, it really does affect everything, every detail of the life of the movie.

It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

I'm a little bit perverse, and I just hate doing the thing that's the most obvious.

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.