If a story doesn't give you a hard-on in the first couple of scenes, throw it in the goddamned garbage.

Heroes? Don't believe in them.

Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity.

Film is a battleground.

A film is like a battleground. It's love, hate, action, violence, death—In one word, emotions.

Extending the language of film sometimes starts with just trying to show one true thing.

You know how you smoke out a sniper? You send a guy out in the open, and you see if he gets shot. They thought that one up at West Point