A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things.

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.

It's such a rich experience when you enter into a subject from a documentary point of view. It's hard for fiction to compete with that.

It's a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film.

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

I'm of Neil Young's generation. Neil Young's songs have spoken to what it's like to be at least a white male of his generation over the years. Endlessly, he's sung about the stuff that I really care about. He's put into words the feelings that hit you at different transitional moments in life.

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.