Another mistake a director can make is not to be prepared, so you get there on the day to shoot the scene, and they don't know how it should be blocked, and they're not clear on how they want to do a scene.

It's not good for people to have the safety net too low... People can take care of themselves better than we allow them to.

Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.

The Spirit Awards are great too, they'll say anything because they're not televised. Another great drinking night.

To a certain extent. I'm a fan of rehearsal on the day [of the shoot], more than getting together a week beforehand.

So much of the violence in the movies is b.s. violence: A guy in the middle of a large city with 14 people lying on the ground that he's just killed with his superhuman powers, and there's not a cop to be found. Not a siren to be heard. No price to be paid. That's not true, and I don't like that sort of stuff.

I was a dog in a past life. Really. I'll be walking down the street and dogs will do a sort of double take. Like, Hey, I know him.