All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.

Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie).

If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.

The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't.

I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves as I make them. As long as the theme is something I care about at the moment, it's enough for me to start work. Maybe work itself is what my life is about.

Good style, to me, is unseen style.

There are no personal revelations other than feelings arising from the work itself