I always get everyone prepared so there aren't so many arguments on set. I have a policy that the first thing I do in the morning is go over to the trailers and discuss exactly what we're shooting that day. It's time-consuming but it reduces the chances of 'misunderstandings' on set.

I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing.

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

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

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

Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family.

I have a short attention span.