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.

Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.

The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident.

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.

For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.

There's really no difference between what I do and what a male filmmaker might do. I mean we all try to make our days, we all try to give the best performances we can, we try to make our budget, we try to make the best movie we possibly can.