I think it is good escapist entertainment even though it's bad.

A big mistake a lot of filmmakers do is they like, "We cut our whole ending to a Rolling Stones song." You better find a new ending then, because unless you have $2 million for that song.

It's never been about making money.

I like European movies because it seems those audiences are a little more patient. Those movies are always slower, where over here, the studio system freaks out if something doesn't happen every five minutes or if anything is confusing.

Josh Brolin is an actor that I really, really like; he's fantastic. I worked with him once; he's a really great actor.

I'm never aiming to make a movie like someone else's movie, but in order to describe a movie to someone else who hasn't seen it, you usually have to reference things they have seen.

As far as directors, I'm a big fan of any kind of Billy Wilder stuff. Anything he does.