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

You know, I don't think I've ever listened to someone's commentary. Ever.

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.

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

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

You’ll find that the movie business is paid for by those mega movies. The movie business is paid for by Big Macs. By movies as product. Movie studios use that term “product” all the time. Product? You mean you have a lot of stories? No, we have a lot of product. You have stories.

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