Often people going into directing want to learn as much as they possibly can about "technique." And I say the hell with that.

Sometimes I write with music on, and if I'm in a good flow, I don't even hear it.

Sometimes when I don't want to cry, I cry. And when I want to I can't. It's subconscious. Like sexual performance.

Characters I've played, they used to impact my paintings, like 80 percent of the time, and especially when I was doing an action film.

When people meet me they’re often surprised. I talk a great deal.

Clichés are what good writing is all about. Because our lives are basically clichés.

Most of the films I myself like don't do very well. Every director, he has a choice, whether to go for subtlety and try to articulate every minute detail, or to go for the broad strokes and hope that the people will fill in between the lines. I tend to go for the broader strokes.