A movie takes on its own life, and you have to respect that and be open to it.

Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I have a distinctive look - it's partly the glasses I wear - and people seem to remember me once they've seen me.

A movie takes on its own life, and you have to respect that and be open to it.

I always make mistakes and I always fix things up, as best I can, in the cutting room.

I don't make movies with the idea that people are going to walk out of them feeling comfortable or better about themselves or more secure in their own biases or opinions.

I always have to presume that each movie is my last movie because I never know if I'll get money again.

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off a bridge.