You can't change who you are, so I think that the only thing you can do is just never talk to people about stuff and then hope that maybe does something.

I make every movie like it's the last one. "If this was the last movie, what decision would I make?" That's how I make my decisions.

I never leave the writer behind, because you rewrite the movie in post, or at least I do. I always do, and I feel like anybody who doesn't at least explore that possibility is short-changing themselves. Editing is the most fun and most exciting part of the process.

You should never assume anything coming from a critical standpoint. You should go into everything assuming you're going to get crushed.

I like to know where I am. I don't like the kind of cutting where you don't know where you are.

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.

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it.