My first three movies, I didn't start editing until we were finished shooting. That's unthinkable to me now.

My experience over the years with working with people who are not actors or not trained actors is that you have to get to know them well enough to see what they have that's translatable onto the screen.

People like Chris Nolan are shooting isolated sequences in IMAX. Those cameras are the size of a Volkswagen.

To me the director’s job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally.

The brief flashbacks are sun-kissed, summery and optimistic. It's the only place in the movie you will see red, yellow, orange, or any vibrant colors.

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.

The key is, how do you feel with the one asshole? They cannot be talked to. That's why they are assholes.