I want stuff to play as wide as possible. I want to be able to see... if I could play the whole thing in a master and it could be compelling enough, that'd be great. Then it simplifies my day, it simplifies life for the actors when you could just focus on that. But by the same token I don't want to be forced into coverage. So I want it to be as good from every angle and I need to get as many of the kind of shadings that I want from every angle.

I was always interested in films that scar.

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

My idea of professionalism is probably a lot of people's idea of obsessive.

I want people to surprise themselves. Instead of saying "Oh, god, didn't we already do this 17 times?"

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

You can do something that walks a line, and invariably, whatever that line is, it will be crossed by people who don't know any better and want to ape the success.