I was a literature major in college and that was my thing, books.

If I make two movies my entire life, and they're two movies that - whether they make a lot of money or two people go to see them - they speak of me, then I consider them incredibly successful. I don't need to be Steven Spielberg.

Going back and forth between the press and something like The Crucible must be really crazy and intense.

In the end, winning is sleeping better.

All the movies that I make in some ways have to be the story of my life. There are different chapters in my life.

I made, like, five movies while I was in college. I think they just weren't memorable movies. I've taken breaks as the years have gone on - I burn out every once in a while.

Now apparently I'm told that every celebrity is expected to honour the details of their private life with a press conference, a fragrance and a prime-time reality show.