I spent so many years trying to become an actor, trying to be a person that I wasn't.

I want to make accessible movies for bright people, but I don't want to play games and be coy.

People love conversation, and movies are conversations, and an audience has to participate; it has to fill in some blanks.

I don't know anything about directing, but if you love actors, know your story and hire a great company, then anyone can direct a film.

I think it's a fantastic thing to be alive.

The bigger the budget, the less an audience is trusted, and that's the difference between a big-budget film and a small-budget film.

My job as a dramatist is to find out where these characters want to go, and make it as hard as possible for them to get there.