How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically.

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

Clinton used to like to get out of the White House a lot. He would take night trips to McDonald's, and stuff like that. I think he wanted to get out of the house.

As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.

I remember being taught in school that you would underline things that you liked. I remember just underlining everything as a kid, thinking, 'This has all gotta be important!' I would just underline the whole thing!

So with 'There Will Be Blood,' I didn't even really feel like I was adapting a book. I was just desperate to find stuff to write.

The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.