I always say everyone was lucky enough to be in a Cate Blanchett movie.

Directing ain't about drawing a neat little picture and showing it to the cameraman. I didn't want to go to film school. I didn't know what the point was. The fact is, you don't know what directing is until the sun is setting and you've got to get five shots and you're only going to get two.

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

I always say everyone was lucky enough to be in a Cate Blanchett movie.

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.

It's a bad day when you don't get the work done that you need to get done or you don't get it done to the satisfaction.

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.