You know the hardest thing to do in Hollywood is burn bridges. There is usually some sucker who still likes me. There is usually some sucker who will still work with me.

I find Hollywood gives these pat stories, and they're reassuring stories, and I don't really want to give people that. Hollywood does all that work. I'm offering, sometimes, an alternative to that. The answers aren't black-and-white. There may not even be answers in certain instances. The ground is not necessarily solid, either. So you've got to keep awake the whole time, even after the movie is over.

I thought, how do you confuse violent Russian mobsters? Well, by being silly!

I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world in those days.

I've always sworn that not having enough money has saved me from mediocrity.

There was a perverse side of me, with things like Van Helsing coming out. I didn't want to go down that route.

The more money you have to work with, the more people you have to deal with that you probably don't want to be spending time dealing with.