The first element that I connected with was the emotion. Sorry, that's how it goes.

I have a desire to tell stories. And I'm never quite satisfied.

Movies touch our hearts, and awaken our vision, and change the way we see things. They take us to other places. They open doors and minds. Movies are the memories of our lifetime. We need to keep them alive.

I'm trying not to let the anger and the violence that erupt take over my life. I guess it comes with the growing process, I don't know. A little mellowing.

I'm not a Hollywood director. I'm an in spite of Hollywood director.

In truly great films - the ones that people need to make, the ones that start speaking through them, the ones that keep moving into territory that is more and more unfathomable and uncomfortable - nothing's ever simple or neatly resolved. You're left with a mystery.

I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways.