I'd love to just think of myself as a filmmaker, and I wait for the day when the modifier can be a moot point.

My criteria for doing a television series never changed. I wanted more stability, I wanted more of a sense of family, I wanted to do light comedy.

I really look for peak experiences and dramatic material that can allow peak experiences.

I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.

It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to it or you don't.

One should make morals judgements for oneself.

Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.