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

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

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

The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

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.

But I really am very active in the choice of the line producer with the producer of record and the distributing company, because I've had some terrible, terrible experiences with some line producers, particularly in cable.

And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God, they all think they can edit.