You've got to believe as a filmmaker that if a movie's good enough, it's going to survive; and if it's not, well, it won't.

The importance of rehearsal is maybe you want to talk about how the scene's going to be designed, how it's going to be staged, all of those things. It's all about preparation, and deciding what mutually you don't want to do, rather than necessarily what you do.

When I drive through a field, I want to see green grass sometimes, and I don't want to see black and white.

Learn to say, “I don’t know the answer.” It could be the beginning of a very good day’s rehearsal.

If you're doing a classic play, where if you do a Chekhov, you do the words as written. You can't do that with a novel; you have to do your version of the words as written.

I've made movies that cost less than one car chase. But that's part of the pleasure of doing it, pushing yourself in new directions.

I want to inspire, and be inspired.