I have always read all my reviews, the bad along with the good (although you remember the bad much more than the good!). I am just too curious to see how it's playing with the audience, and I have a thick-enough skin to handle the less charitable assessments.

Let's make really good stories that people get something out of. That's the one common denominator with everything I try to do.

I don't like television and movies where it's like, "Well, that was entertaining, but when I think back on it, that didn't really make sense and it's empty." That's like junk food, to me.

You can't outsmart or outguess the audience in terms of what the narrative answer is.

The one thing you can do that the audience can't do - all those smart people online in the chat rooms can't do - is deliver a satisfying emotional journey for a human being, for a character.

If people walk out of the movie and they think about it, then that's quite something.

I like projects that are entertaining, where I'm emotionally engaged and there's something to think about afterwards.