As a kid, a little kid I loved going to the movies, and now I love making movies.

I like finding a great shot and then just staying with it for a long time, not trying to pump things up with some kind of artificial energy by cutting.

I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.

When you're working on a script, every word that's on the page, somebody has to read it. Make every word count in your stories.

Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face these extraordinary physical challenges and be triumphant.

Documentaries - my God, there is so much going on in our country and in the world today that every time you open the newspaper or turn on the radio or watch the news on TV there is another documentary subject. We're getting the headlines for a second, shaped by corporate delivery most of the time, but what's really the story there?

I don't think it's sacrilegious to remake any movie, including a good or even great movie.