I just can't feel lukewarm about a character. I either despise her, admire her, or don't understand her and want to understand her.

Whether youre making a million dollar film or a $100 million film there is never enough money, theres never enough time.

I always thought Uncle Vanya could be a stoned masterpiece.

I just wanted to make sure that yes, that those horror - they worked as a genre. To me, I just wanted to be touched by the film in the way that I saw plausible. Which is the story about compassion - giving and receiving it in those desperate times of need.

The depth of exploration of the male psyche and the female psyche is uneven. I see further, deeper renderings of what it means to be a man.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.

The biggest research of all when I do a character is self-examination. You look at yourself and you ask, 'How am I similar to this person and how am I different?'