I believe today that there is no film and no shot in a film that is worth a squirrel getting a sprained ankle.

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.

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.

There are many untalented people making millions of dollars in the film business.

I believe it's true that there's good and evil in everyone and it's a constant struggle to have your better angels prevail.

I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.

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