"Social critics don't mean a thing to me. It's really easy to ignore them, because I believe in what I'm doing 100%. So any naysayers for the public good can just fuck off."

"I'm a big fan of long takes. I think they're cinematic."

"I'm a storyteller, not a moralist."

"Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character."

"Violence is a form of cinematic entertainment."