You need cliches. Cliches are what people respond to.

I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.

Cliches are what make you understand something.

I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on.

So I think I sometimes will put a cliche in and then just pad it out so you're not noticing.

People in LA seem to have no concept of the time outside of their city. I've been trained for thirty years in the film industry of having whether its agents, lawyers, actors, or whoever calling up all night.

You either ignore the comic book and make a great movie or you stay very close to the comic book.