I don't want to be the angry guy.

I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.

I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience.

You write who you are. But you also cheat, and youwrite what you want to be. It's embarrasing to be the guy who madethe movie, knowing you're not exactly who you want to be.

I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.

I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak.