Really, I wanted to make a movie [Valley Of Violence] about: How does violence affect people? This is a take from me on how violence affects people.

I don't go to see movies to see plots. I'm not interested in puzzles like an Agatha Christie story.

Everything Jumpy could do [in Valley of Violence] was too much. If I put it in the movie you would all check out. When he wraps himself up in the blanket, that's as far as I could go, and that's not even close. The dog's amazing.

Older actresses apparently have no sense of humor about being older actresses.

You're limited to one image, but you can have 50 audio tracks. It's something you'd be foolish not to experiment with. So I'm also very interested in sound that happens offscreen. I think that's a way to expand the scope of the movie. And it's all very planned out from the script stage. For me, sound design is a major part of the narrative. I think that's what makes working with certain people on the producer level difficult.

As filmmakers, the Western is a historic, cool thing to be a part of once in your life.

I always feel like the less you say when you're making a movie, as a director, is the best. That means everything's going great.