One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.

One movie is only one movie. I want to have a lifetime of making films.

I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself.

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

I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance.

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.

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