I would say that when I came into this chapter of my filmmaking career, starting with 'The Fighter,' there was this sense that you have to go from your instincts and you have to go from your gut, and you have to not hesitate and you have to not hedge.

The cinema that I make is a cinema about people, emotion, humanity and passion. It's not just about what they struggle through, but what they live for. That's what I love. The music they love, the people they love, the clothing, the hair and the life that they love

Life just happens the way it's supposed to happen. It delivers you to where it delivers you.

The idea that anyone would think their religious ideas make them morally superior is just preposterous.

The endings for all my characters seem sufficiently human and messy for me to feel comfortable with them. In some ways they have only moved an inch, but sometimes an inch is a great distance.

It's my experience that endings are never easy, and I think I'm not alone among filmmakers or writers in this.

Gay marriage is a complete red herring to distract everyone from the economy and the war and health care and education.