I'm not going to spend two years of my life on something that I'm not excited about.

I don't have any kind of ideology that precludes me from moving in one direction or another. I just want creative autonomy and I want at least an opportunity that it's going to be seen.

The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do.

I like to make all kinds of movies. I'd do 'Ocean's Thirteen' with the right script.

When I look around the world and think why is everything working or not working, it's because it's entrenched ideology. You can't solve a problem if you're sitting down with people who say, "All these ideas are off the table because of what I believe."

I stopped reading reviews about my own movies. I read stuff about other people's movies.

I recently decided that I'm not an originator. I'm a synthesist.