And I like being able to go back and forth, and I don't really care if it's a small budget or big budget or studio or independent, as long as it's got a story that's compelling and there's enough money to make the picture.

When you're directing, I feel like I'm playing all the parts, without the make-up. I really get into the heads of the characters.

I met Steve McQueen once. Well, met isn't really the right word.

But I remember feeling as a producer I felt like the guy who called the caterer and got the band; I had to work the party while everybody else was having a good time.

But at the same time, never having final cut before, I really learned an interesting thing for any studio executive who is reading this: that if a director has final cut, it's actually easier and more interesting to listen to notes.

I produced six movies with Amy Robinson since the very early 80s.

On every movie I’ve done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don’t envy them, at all.