"The enemy of art is the absence of limitations."

"I don't believe in the happy ending. I believe in the right ending."

"Casting is characterization."

"When an actor comes to me and says, 'I'm not happy with my lines, I'm not happy with my character,' I say, 'There's a door, get out.'"

"I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film."