I like people that like to work the way that I like to work.

I want people to surprise themselves. Instead of saying "Oh, god, didn't we already do this 17 times?"

I don't have the Tom Hanks fans. When you make the kind of movies I make, you get weird letters from people.

Hire the right people and get the hell out of the way.

I want people to flourish. I want them to walk away from the experience going, "That's what it should be like."