I think you start to prepare the minute you read something.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

On a movie, it's always better to stay invisible as much as you can to keep things calm. I like to whisper to my cameraman, I like to whisper to my actors, and whoever else I've gotten to whisper to.

When I go to bed at night and I think of humanity at large, I think of all those things.

If there's anything disgusting about the movie business, it's the whoredom of my peers.

It has nothing to do with the emotional demands of a role; I've done comedies that are as draining to me as any drama.

I get a little scared of words like maturity.