I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies.

I make movies for me and posterity. I'm more scared of history than I am of the studio.

I'm very interested in politics, and I feel TV is a more political medium than film.

There are actors who just bring an enormous amount of empathy. They just have that"it" that makes you want to follow them and root for them.

I probably shouldn't treat interviews as therapy sessions, but I don't keep a diary, so these end up being my way of keeping track of where I'm at and letting it all out.

The beating heart of your story that's not what shows up in a trailer. The other stuff is what shows up in a trailer, because that's what gets people in to the seats, and that's how studios make their money.

I go into a movie sort of saying what it's not going to be.