I'm always looking for a new challenge. There are a lot of mountains to climb out there. When I run out of mountains, I'll build a new one.

If you come into my house, I'm going to fight much more viciously to get you out than if we were on a neutral piece of land.

There'll never be a 'Rocky IV.' You gotta call a halt.

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

Making a movie is the same as an orchestra; it's moving all the different instruments and the sounds, the kinetic and the auditory and the visual all together. I'm probably the trombone.

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

You have to be really loyal to the people that supported you when you were coming up.