I've directed bits of action and so I know that it's long and it's very detailed. Editing action is a good deal more exciting than shooting action. Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces.

The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.

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.

It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. But if you find it as beautiful as the character does, then suddenly it becomes a different movie, and so did he as a character.

Confidence is essential, but ego is not.

Kevin and Annette... I wanted them to do it together. They clearly wanted to work with each other.

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