I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie.

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

Casting is 65 percent of directing.

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

So I've had really great assistant directors for my last seven movies.

If you don't cast well, you can be in real trouble.

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