"Once the movie gets going, once the lights go down, you become a collective. There's you by yourself, but then there's all of you together. And then you start appreciating the movie in that way."

"I like movies that are a little bit dangerous."

"I'm not saying I'm a saint, but I'm not a bad guy. I'm just a guy who makes movies."

"I'm a filmmaker. I'm not a politician. I'm not a preacher. I'm not a teacher. I'm a filmmaker."

"I get a kick out of violence in movies. I don't get a kick out of badly done violence or action scenes in movies. It's like, 'How far is too far?' Well, if they do it well, there shouldn't be, 'How fa…"