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

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

I want to make a movie that has enough impact that it's going to do what it needs to do. But I don't want to make a film that serial killers masturbate to.

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

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

The thing I always say to any writer that I'm working with is: Just make sure that in any argument, EVERYONE is right. I want every single person arguing a righteous side of the argument. That makes interesting drama.

Look, it's nice. I like the fact that critics liked this movie, but most of the movies that I've made, you'll find a handful of people that love it and more than a few other handfuls of people hate it. If I was invested in that, I would've given up long ago.