Russell Crowe is very difficult, but it's worth it. He's the real thing. I can tell you this. Russell Crowe was just as difficult before he was an international star as he was afterwards.

An actor has to embody a role.

I make films about working class people. All my films have always been about that. For example, the brothel is a workplace. It's aberrant, but a workplace nonetheless. I was more interested as opposed to glamorizing and saying, oh, this is a great erotic place, it's a place of business. The commodity is sex.

As a filmmaker, "no" is not in my vocabulary. I've got to figure out a way.

I really believe you can predict when someone has a great attitude, a real well of talent.

If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off.

I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.