The world is full of beautiful girls. But they're not Angelina Jolie. She's fun, honest, intelligent, gorgeous and divinely talented. She brings a hell of a lot to the party.

I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.

I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.

But I really am very active in the choice of the line producer with the producer of record and the distributing company, because I've had some terrible, terrible experiences with some line producers, particularly in cable.

I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work.

The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

The world is full of beautiful girls. But they're not Angelina Jolie. She's fun, honest, intelligent, gorgeous and divinely talented. She brings a hell of a lot to the party.