People have this delusion that everything has to be for everybody at all times. Every album must be liked by everybody, and every TV show must be liked by everybody, and every movie must be liked by everybody. Everything then becomes bland.

By the time we got to MGM, and Lions Gate the movie was done there was nothing else to say. It was done. Just as at Universal, it was art by committee.

I'm definitely of the mindset of "I wouldn't want to be part of any group that would have me as a member."

I really just do what I like. I don't understand what the general public likes sometimes.

When you have too many people and you're trying to satisfy everybody's input, you usually end up with something so incredibly generic that it has no point of view.

Every time I start the next movie, it's as exciting as the first time.

The hardest part was convincing people that I was serious. The people were like 'you want to do this again'?