It's a very American thing to hide away from death.

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.

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.

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

Awards movies are normally sort of... life-affirming and noble. It's probably too much of an intellectual conceit and, you know, people don't like it when you don't lead the bad guy off in cuffs.

Perfume is pretty good because nobody has to hold the product by their face or use it.

People go to the movies to see things they haven’t seen before. Call me a radical.