It's an ongoing process, in the script, on the set and in the editing room, to make sure you are being true to the emotion of the film without turning it into a melodrama, and making sure you're getting all the laughs you can without it turning into just some stupid comedy.

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.

It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying.

It's an ongoing process, in the script, on the set and in the editing room, to make sure you are being true to the emotion of the film without turning it into a melodrama, and making sure you're getting all the laughs you can without it turning into just some stupid comedy.

You'll never meet a nicer person, let alone a nicer actress, than Mary Steenburgen.

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

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.