I've never looked at a tax return without immediately losing consciousness.

When you're doing an action set piece, it's very similar to choreography in a way because it's shot that way. It's meticulous how it's rehearsed. I mean, you have no idea.

As a director, you should choose a project that will educate you and enrich your life, because you're going to be doing it for two years.

My great joy in working on anything is stepping out in front of the camera and working with the actors.

I could never have been an accountant. I got a D in math.

The thing about movie musicals is that there have been some brilliant ones, but when they're bad, they're really bad - big white elephants.

It was actually the opposite of what a director once said to me. He said, 'Remember, everyone is here to serve you.' And as he walked away, I thought to myself, 'It's exactly the opposite: I'm here to serve everyone.