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

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.

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

Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology that's continually trying to erode that.

One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well