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

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

I'd much rather fail than do something like 'The Chorus Line' movie, sanitized and Hollywoodized.

Maybe because I come from choreography, I've always felt that there's something about action films that made it very natural for me to go that way. It's story through movement.

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

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.

The hardest part about directing is getting everyone on the same page.