One of the things that's really lousy about making movies is that you have such little interaction with your audience.

One of the hardest things about my job is that there kind of is no one rulebook that applies to all situations.

My process differs... my process for a Richard Linklater film is very different than a process for Training Day.

I meet a lot of young people that want to go into acting because they think of what it will do for them. If that's the case, it can be a very, very painful profession. But if the kids want to do acting because they love it, and they want to give to it, then they can have a great life. It's really about as simple as how you look at it.

It's certainly an interesting moment to try to talk about, 'cause you could make a great show about the police force right now, with all that's happening in the news and Ferguson and all of it.

As a young man... you don't know anything about yourself. And add on to that, you're on the cover of magazines. People are interviewing you about what you think. You feel like a real phony.

Directing is like putting together a collage.