When a director makes a mistake, people suffer. People suffer horribly sometimes.

Nothing else counts except what you want.

I don't know if it's fair to say that it's a bad time for movies. It seems to me that throughout the entire history of filmmaking, every year there have been about two really wonderful movies, about 10 others that are pretty good, and a whole pile of garbage.

Here are the good things about independent films: They do the more interesting, chancy scripts. They're run by love.

I have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite.

I feel very secure about the role of the actor in the future. They need us, because stories are about people.

We always want to see people strive and see the human spirit triumph against adversity. That's what it's all about because that's what we're doing. We're trying to triumph in our lives.