Filmmaking Is A Real Craft.

When I Hire Actors I Believe In Their Abilities.

I Remember Being At School During Morning Meeting And Looking Around At Everybody, 350 Kids, Saying A Prayer. We're All Very Young And No One Knows What It Means, And I Remember Feeling Strange That People Were Just Repeating Words That They Didn't Understand. I Refused To Participate. For Some Reason I Always Rejected It, But Respectfully.

You Can't Write Something To Please Someone.

When People Leave Cults, They Don't Know That They Left A Cult.

I Won't Rewrite On Set, But I'll Just Trim The Fat.