The more you think about something, the more important it becomes, the more important it is to you, and the more important it will become to the audience.

I know when I go to a movie I want to experience something, whether to laugh, to cry, to feel bad.

I didn't like some of the movies that were coming into me

You know, it was a small, independent movie and with Paramount becoming involved, it was obviously a good thing, but you can't put a round peg in a square hole.

I think drug movies free the director to make intense films

It is more difficult to maintain friendship with people that you work with five minutes ago, than from many years ago. For some reason we've just remained friends, we talk to each other all the time. For a while, for years, we spent New Year together.

You want people to watch what you're doing.