There's no independent satisfaction without the success of the film itself. The feel that you have done the best you can to support the film.

For some directors, I'm the actor from hell.

I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, so nothing of what I was studying seemed to fit. I know now that I should have taken advantage of that time and that I missed a great deal of the opportunity to educate myself.

[Jimmy] Breslin's [write] really great book on Branch Rickey. And Branch Rickey himself wrote quite a lot. There's some film and kinescope from television.

The Force is within you. Force yourself.

[ Chadwick Boseman] was not a baseball player. He spent, I don't know, countless hours, many months, working two sessions a day with professional pro coaches to develop the baseball skills that he needed.

I found out that drama was a fascinating exercise as a way to get out of my self and into somebody else's head.