I grew up thinking of snow as a luxury you visit.

After 'The Blues Brothers,' I wanted to do a good musical number with real dancers and shoot it correctly.

Directors, like actors, get typecast.

What's interesting as a director, and even studio executives don't understand this, is that if you're directing a $200 million movie with six million people, it's the same as directing a $25,000 movie with three people. The director's job is, "You stand there and do that," or "This is the shot I want." The logistics change, but the job remains the same. And I enjoy the job.

You always want to do something different. I enjoy the process. I like making movies, and it's increasingly hard to find a movie you'd want to make.

In my career, my movies tend to polarize critics.

I grew up thinking of snow as a luxury you visit.