I really, really love directing films.

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 whole thing of this business is to retain your enthusiasm and, in a sense, retain your innocence and try to practice as much humility as possible.

It's very eclectic, the way one chooses subjects in the movie business, especially in the commercial movie business. You need to develop material yourself or material is presented to you as an assignment to direct.

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

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