When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people.

It's sort of one ongoing process where writing ends and directing starts.

I wasn't good enough to be a professional soccer player obviously but that was my first goal in life.

In editing, it's amazing how you choose the in and out points. What you cut on is everything for creating tension. It's amazing how expanding a shot by five seconds can just ruin the tension.

When I hire actors I believe in their abilities.

Well, first of all, making films is a collaborative process. You need people. You need people you trust and love and who are your friends. People you can work with.

I remember being at school during morning meeting and looking around at everybody, 350 kids, saying a prayer. We're all very young and no one knows what it means, and I remember feeling strange that people were just repeating words that they didn't understand. I refused to participate. For some reason I always rejected it, but respectfully.