Structure is important in film, but there's often structure to be found in the most unlikely of places! It's quite possible to build a structured story and retain idiosyncrasy.

He who must search a haystack for a needle is likely to end up with the attitude that the needle is not worth the search.

I mean, I didn't have a huge upbringing with movies, I guess.

I didn't want my kids having to pass through an airport named after their father.

I find that in the process of making a film you're constantly discovering things that you never even imagined would work at the beginning. Actors come into the film and do things you never even imagined. Production designers come in, the director of photography lights it in a way that you never imagined. So, it's always evolving, always exciting.

Every film is a challenge. I always say that making a movie is like film school - you're always learning. But unlike most schools, you never get done with it. You never learn everything.

I regard myself as being the final filter so everything that ends up in the movie is there because it's something that I think was cool.