What I learned from directing, I learned from soccer, where it's like a coach-player relationship.

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.

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

You can't write something to please someone.

You know, when you're isolated on set for like a month, people like to get rowdy.

I'm a believer in film school.

The way brainwashing works is subtle and takes a long time.