I have to see the whole scene in my head before I go out and do it. Which I do. I will envision the entire scene before I shoot it.

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.

God knows, as a minority, gay people have taken serious lumps for their sexual preferences. As has every minority.

When you go to a studio with something you want to make, or they come to you with something they want to make, more often than not, it's a tent pole. Not something one single person is really passionate about on a creative level.

You don't need great actors to do a 3D picture. All of this condescending stuff that they put out? "Oh, we will always need actors." Bullshit! They are able to take anybody and put some markers on them, and have them walk through an empty room. Then they paint in the background.

I'm not a fan of 3D. But I am a huge fan of digital imagery. Because it allows a filmmaker much more latitude to appreciate their own visions and dreams.

There are films that I've made that I like a little bit more than the others. But the films that I mostly watch, and see over and over again, are not my own.