[Depp] has real ambitions, but he is deeply afraid of being considered pretentious.
ABBA: The Movie; I got a lot of grief for working on that.
My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.
But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from.
I love mixing amateurs and professionals.
I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever.