I've never been to Harvard, I've never been to college, so I don't know what dorm life is like.

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

Take ownership of every decision you make because you will be hold responsible for the film, whether good or bad.

I don't know how much movies should entertain. To me I'm always interested in movies that scar. The thing I love about JAWS is that I've never gone swimming in the ocean again.

People always ask why I don't make independent movies. I do make independent movies - I just make them at Sony and Paramount.

I don't think that digital technology will ever take away the humanity of storytelling, because storytelling is entirely, in and of itself, a wholly human concern.

I was always interested in films that scar.