Usually I'm thinking about the palette. I'm thinking about the color for the most part, then I'll start thinking about composition and movement.

I have a friend whose theory is that you're from wherever you went to high school. I think that's mostly true.

Everybody, including me, has to submit to what it needs to be. The thing is at the top of the pyramid, the best version of the thing; we all have to serve that. You forget that at your own risk. And I think movies are too long, in general.

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

Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

"A meteor hits planet Earth" - that's a story idea but that doesn't give me any indication of what the character is.

We're all standing on the shoulders of what other people have done. But you're supposed to take that and add your own sauce. It can be intimidating, believe me.