You have to be a great storyteller. And you have to master the tools that you have to tell the story which are, inorder of importance, the script, the actors and then thetechnical means.

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

I really, really love directing films.

The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job

The importance of the assistant director cannot be overemphasized.

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.

One of the first lessons you learn as an actor is to listen.