As A First-time Director In

One Of The Reasons I Loved Working With Tom Is People Feel They Know Who He Is... I Think Working With An Actor Who The Audience Already Has A Relationship With Actually Helps You In A Film Like This.

When I Drive Through A Field, I Want To See Green Grass Sometimes, And I Don't Want To See Black And White.

There Have Been Screenwriters Who I'm Sure Would Gladly Kill Me, Because I've Been Very Fast And Loose With Their Work, Because I Felt Like It Wasn't Up To My High Standards. I Would Push And Pull It On Set, And Make Changes All The Time. But Then When You're Working With An Original Screenplay, My Theater Instincts Kick In, And I Suddenly Become Very Keeper-of-the-words.

You're In The Lap Of The Gods. If People Go, They Go, And If They Don't.

Listen, You Make A Big Movie, You're Going Into The Coliseum, And People Are Going To Give You The Thumbs Up Or The Thumbs Down. And That's Part Of The Game. It's Part Of The Fun As Well.