I don't have the Tom Hanks fans. When you make the kind of movies I make, you get weird letters from people.

Hire the right people and get the hell out of the way.

You know, I don't think I've ever listened to someone's commentary. Ever.

If you read the good reviews you gotta read the bad reviews. I kind of think of it as like being a quarterback: you get way too much blame when it's bad and way too much credit when it's good.

People will say, 'There are a million ways to shoot a scene,' but I don't think so. I think there are two, maybe. And the other one is wrong.

Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school. I didn't know what the point was. The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.

You have a responsibility for the way you make the audience feel, and I want them to feel uncomfortable.