I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character.

For me, I believe in God, God is real.

Our greatness, our talent has never been the question. It's been a matter of grappling for control over what we do.

I don't like acting; not in front of the camera.

I'm worried just as much about Donald Trump as that crazy guy in North Korea - and he has a nuclear code. I'm worrying about that.

All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.

I respect the audience's intelligence a lot, and that's why I don't try to go for the lowest common denominator.