You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.

I was making a lot of independent movies before the independent movement.

When actors talk about research, they're just patting themselves on the back.

Training Day was such a Hollywood movie; I didn't like it.

It's easy to be a movie star. The shoes are already there. They just put you in the shoes.

You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office.

Mostly I do films that mainstream Hollywood wouldn't touch.