There's no better way to test a person than to put them in the middle of a war. That's clearly going to show what kind of a character you're telling a story about.

I feel there is no substitute for going out to the movies. There is nothing like it.

Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view.

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.

Actors just need each other to act together.

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

People have forgotten how to tell a story.