If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors.

If you don't cast well, you can be in real trouble.

I've found that the more experts you have on a movie, the less control the director has.

There are two things I will never do in my life. I will never climb Mount Everest, and I will never work with Val Kilmer again. There isn't enough money in the world.

So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

If you cast the picture correctly, you have a whole lot of leeway. You can make mistakes in other aspects but pull it off with the right actors.

One of the first lessons you learn as an actor is to listen.