I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted.

I'm not a snob. If I feel like there's a star that's the best person for that role, then that's who I get.

A movie is something you see, cinema is something that’s made.

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.

I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses.

I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model that is outdated and, worse than that, inefficient.

Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.