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

I think that you can't make a movie without a script. But you also can't make movies without actors. You also can't make movies without technicians. And there has to be just one person in charge of everybody, and to me that one person is the director.

The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie.

And I kind of feel that I have a responsibility to the people that invest their time and money with me to show up on the set every day and do the best of which I am capable.

I really, really love directing films.

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

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