The world is sick of big IT things that don't work.

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 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.

Out of the total of 11 movies, I got slammed.

GM is a highly collaborative organization; we rely on a whole tier of suppliers for everything that we do.

The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through.

I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently.