I like to think that we've got a plan, so let's stick to it. That said, once we've stuck to it, we're allowed as much improvisation as anyone cares to indulge themselves in.

I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking.

I like death. I'm a big fan of it.

I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of.

I'm not under too much of an illusion of how smart or un-smart I am because filmmaking ultimately is about teamwork.

After Lock, Stock, all these really nasty small town characters came knocking at my door trying to tell me stories, and somehow I ended up with this guy whose brother was feeding people to pigs, and that's what he did to get rid of people.

We can all be conned but at what point do we realize that we're being conned and to what point do we allow ourselves to be conned?