The thing that interests me is the good and evil in everybody. I don't have conventional heroes in the films that I directed, because I believe there's good and evil in everybody.

The studios mostly threw away the negatives of the classic films. They had no interest in their legacy.

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.

Violence is not funny.

There are certain things that happen during the production of, I think, every film, that you didn't plan, and often it's better than what you did plan. There's the question of either going with it or not.

I'm not a fan of Star Wars. That is not for me. That is for my nephews and nieces. I don't get it.

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.