Directing is a huge amount of work with very little payoff, and a quarter of the money, and nine times more time spent.

I've got two little girls, I'm not scared about sex. I'll teach them, it's not going to kill them. But what could kill them is violence. Guns, drinking and driving, these are the real dangers in our society.

Ultimately, a more experienced director realizes that you've got to stop sometime and just move on. They're braver about that.

Talk about putting your money where your mouth is. It's not right. Someone's gotta say it. They said it. I applaud them.

One's complete sentences are attempts, as often as not, to complete an incomplete self with words.

Sometimes, directors are afraid to stop shooting, because the second you stop and say, "We got it," and move on, you'll never get another chance. And they're terrified to get in the cutting room and not be happy. So they just keep shooting.

Emotions are the natural result of striving for something. Every single scene has two or more people in it, and nobody wants the same thing, so they are negotiating this one way or another. The result of that negotiation will bring out all kinds of emotional stuff in you.