I Like Making Movies.

If You See Someone Lying Out Knives And Forks Consistently, But Then One Day Those Knives And Forks Become Weapons You're Not Sure If He Does That As A Warrior, That's Just His Thing.

Being A Kid Growing Up With Kurosawa Films And Watching Sergio Leone Movies Just Made Me Love What It Could Do To You, And How It Could Influence You - Make You Dream.

It's A Dumb Question, Because I Don't Look At Things As A Black Director, Just As A Director, So Ask Me As A Director First And We Can Segue Into The Colour Thing Later.

I've Become Friends With Michael Mann And Oliver Stone; I've Seen Those Guys Work And That Was Great To See.

How Do You Capture The Drama Of A Rembrandt Painting In A Movie? How Do You Feel That Moment That They Captured In Two Hours? I Kind Of Fell Into It And At One Point, I Decided I Wanted To Live An Art Life; I Wanted To Tell Stories. I Came To New York, And Did What Most People Do - You Become A Pa And Run And Get Coffee And Pay Your Dues And Learn Until Your Opportunity Comes.