Usually you always see first cut is an extended version, because it's basically everything you shot, and you have that version and then you start cutting stuff out.

I need to create a whole cinematic experience. I think that's what it takes to get the audience to the theater and justify seeing [a movie] on a big screen. You have to give them a cinematic experience.

In another life, I would love to be the art guy - a production designer or a maybe even a composer.

I try not to be spectacular with the camera. I try to be a witness of what's going on.

When you're a director you always feel weird with another director watching over your shoulder.

There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that.

I take things from everywhere, and I still haven't figured out where I took [some things] from.