I just find it annoying that in these sequences [of the fight scenes], traditionally, there's music trying to pump you up. I don't like that, personally, as an audience member. This just reflects my taste.

I'm a grinder. I'll beat you because I will not sleep.

I just produced Criminal, this remake of Nine Queens, and one of the things that appealed to me about Nine Queens is that it was a performance piece, and that's the most fun.

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

Ego is something that everybody, creative especially, has to grapple with. You need enough ego to keep going but not so much ego that you're deaf or blind, that you're making a mistake and can't fix the course.

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

It's become absolutely horrible the way the people with the money decide they can fart in the kitchen.