The hardest animal was the vulture. But the horses were great, the dog was great [in Valley of Violence]. It was really easy.

Jumpy is the most incredible animal of all time. The movie [Valley of Violence] is the tamest example of what that dog is capable of.

It's one of those things, when you look back on it, you'd go, "Oh, I could've done without that. If I could go back in time, I would do it different." That's the thing with violence in general.

It definitely could have been a horror story [Valley of Violence], oh my God, if the dog was impossible. So could the horses.

I like movies that leave things in the hands of the audience.

I'm not sure I understand the compulsion to label things.

The second half [of Valley of Violence], you're with the guys that you should hate, but when you start seeing what their real lives are, you're like, "I do hate you, but at the same time, all right - maybe take it down a notch." The complications of all that are what's so interesting to me, those esoteric details - that's what people will hopefully take away from the movie.