Audiences don't ever disappoint me, in the sense that movies I feel really good about, they usually feel really good about too.

Good scripts and interesting stories are hard enough to find.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

Audiences don't ever disappoint me, in the sense that movies I feel really good about, they usually feel really good about too.

There's something in human nature, the trying-to-get-on-with-it quality of people, the struggle to maintain or keep the show going can be exhausting. It just seems like that element of trying to move forward while things are breaking down... Obviously, it's always been the backdrop for a lot of great literature and great cinematic characters, but aside from that, I'm just drawn to it because that feels honest to me.

Part of filmmaking is always a guessing game, and part of it is always a game of trust.

Jack Nicholson is fairly gifted. We were at the Sistine Chapel, and everybody went from looking straight up to looking across the room at him.