I do know that detachment is important. A surgeon can't be weeping into the open wound.

I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.

If you and I had a relationship, and I like to dance and you don't, will that affect our relationship? If I push you and push you, maybe you'll learn to dance, but more likely, that will move you away from me.

It's very scary to turn things down, but a project has to really mean something to me. I'm not interested in making a lot of money.

I've gone for long stretches without working. I remember many times peeking into my checkbook to see if any money was left.

A barrier for me - which has been both a strength and a weakness - has been my taste. The kind of things I'm interested in aren't always mainstream.

As a director, you're looking for ways to tell the story with the whole image and not primarily dialogue.

A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.

Because I had a lot of emotional upheaval in my life, I'm attracted to stories about characters whose lives are full of wounds and secrets. I'm not interested in who's going to ask me to the prom. I never went to a prom.

To adapt a play into a movie, you have to change it.