I think the guiding principle for me is working with people, because I don't know how long it's going to last, I want to seize the moment and work with people I want to work with.

I always get role models, people from real life who've lived the lives of the characters, and talk it through together, me, them and the actor, a lot. That helps. We certainly have our disagreements. But in the end we trust each other.

I make a movie because it's something that inspires me.

Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways.

I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character.

There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance.

A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.