The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.

I make films about working class people.

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.

You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work.

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

It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.

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.