I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s.

A disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or in another office and that producer can edit behind the director's back much easier than in the old days. Since these dailies are now put on videotape, more kinds of people have access to dailies.

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.

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

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.

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

The first thing I can really tell you is I really love the work.