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

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

I have great appreciation for people who do anything well. I think that it's very difficult to do what you do well.

I learned just to be a belligerent asshole, which was really: "You have to get what you need to get out of it." You have to fight for things you believe in, and you have to be smart about how you position it so that you don't just become white noise.

I do agree you can't just make movies three hours long for no apparent reason. For a romantic comedy to be three hours long, that's longer than most marriages.

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

If I could be anyone, it would be Brad Pitt.