The work that I'm proudest of is the work that I'm most afraid of.

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

So I try to re-invent my own eye every time I tackle a new subject. But it's hard, because everybody has style. You can't help it.

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.

In high school, I got smacked and kicked around. Two bloody noses. It was horrible.

After a scary movie about the world almost ending, we can walk into the sunlight and say, "Wow, everything's still here. I'm OK!" We like to tease ourselves. Human beings have a need to get close to the edge, and when filmmakers or writers can take them to the edge, it feels like a dream where you're falling, but you wake up just before you hit the ground.

One of the gratuities about being a director is that you can volunteer yourself out of difficult details.