I Don't Fight Anybody Anytime Or Anywhere.

I've Worked With More Than 50 Directors And I've Paid Attention Since Day One. That's Pretty Much Been My Education, Apart From Studying Art History And Shooting With My Own Cameras. I've Seen 50 Different Sets Of Mistakes And 50 Different Ways Of Achieving.

My Idea In Terms Of Managing A Narrative, Or In Thinking In My Creative Life, Is That You Could Easily Argue That The Past, The Present And The Future All Occur Simultaneously, And If You Can Postulate That, Then You're Not Strictly Bound To A Linear Narrative.

Normal People With Normal Problems Can Be Hilarious.

If Military Movies Were Automatically Successful We'd Make Nothing But Military Movies. But Seriously, Patriotism Is One Thing That All Americans Have In Common.

I've Worked With Some Very Good Directors And Some Very Bad Ones. I Learned A Great Deal From Both. From The Bad, Untalented People, You Learn What Not To Do. And When You Work With Very Highly Talented People, You Want To Emulate Them.