What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the director. They have a lot of questions, and your job is to have answers.

Most of the guys like sticking to the script and doing just what's written. If they're exploring, they're exploring ways of doing the script.

What's great is when you're shooting at the same hotel you're living in, you finish shooting, put your stuff down, take an elevator and go to bed.

What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the director. They have a lot of questions, and your job is to have answers.

You're just always looking for something new. That's why a lot of people bounce between TV and movies. You have the ability to try something else.

You're often trying to fix a script by shooting it.

We always feel safest, I think, around the most dangerous person who's on your side, more than the nice good person who's on your side.