He has such a clear vision of exactly what he wanted out of each character, out of each set, out of each wardrobe change, out of each emotional beat, and action.

If you have a dishonest moment, you're going to lose the audience. So I had to not only light myself in the scenes.

I hope that I'm always satisfied and content like I am right at this very moment.

Any great director is also someone who is incredibly intelligent about whom they hire around them.

I'm not one to mythologize other actors too much, but obviously Sandy Bullock is a gorgeous woman.

When you sign on to say, "Okay, yeah, let's develop this," usually that turns into, "Oh, he's doing it." But there's no script for some of these things.

Marathon running, for me, was the most controlled test of mettle that I could ever think of. It's you against Darwin.