Confidence is essential, but ego is not.

I want to try and work in different genres with different types of actors, on small movies and big movies.

I am not a master-class director. I am not a teacher. I am a coach. I dont have a methodology. Each actor is different. And on the film set, you have to be next to them all.

You think about taking audiences on a journey.

Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets out of proportion and you lose touch completely with reality.

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

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.