Tracking action without cutting is the least jarring method of placing the audience into a real-time experience where they are the ones making the subtle choices of where and when to look.

I committed to directing 'Catch Me If You Can' not because of the divorce component, but principally because Frank Abagnale did things that were the most astonishing scams I had ever heard.

I've always been interested in how we survive and how resourceful we are as Americans.

I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened. At the same time, a response to a response doesn't really solve anything. It just creates a perpetual-motion machine.

Fathering is a major job, but I need both things in my life: my job to be a director, and my kids to direct me.

I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera.

I'll probably never win an Oscar, but I'll sure have a lot of fun! I really believe that movies are the great escape.