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 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 thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language.

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.

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

The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.

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