You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't.

Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces.

Listen, you make a big movie, you're going into the Coliseum, and people are going to give you the thumbs up or the thumbs down. And that's part of the game. It's part of the fun as well.

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

Confidence is essential, but ego is not.

You freeze with the number of opportunities given to you and just decide to do nothing at all.

The perceived wisdom is that people do not go in large numbers to black-and-white movies anymore - which is a great shame, but I'd love to make a black-and-white movie one day.