People Know I Love To

One Of The Challenges Assembling The Film Was That Gun Fight Went On For Three And A Half Hours And We Obviously Couldn't Spend Three And A Half Hours Of The Film With One Gun Fight. It Was Trying To Figure Out The Balance Of How Much An Audience Could Take Before They Either Became Repulsed Or Desensitized Or Bored Or Just Overwhelmed.

Hollywood Is Not Stupid, Contrary To Popular Belief; It's Really A Lot Of Intelligent People Trying To Figure Things Out.

I've Been A Big Believer In Musicians Turned Actor, Going Back To Sinatra Winning The Oscar For 'from Here To Eternity.' David Bowie In 'man Who Fell To Earth,' Kris Kristofferson's Been Great In A Bunch Of Films. Liza Minnelli, Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, I Thought Was Great In 'precious.

I Had Great Luck With Tim Mcgraw Twice In 'friday Night Lights' And 'the Kingdom.' I Love Finding Off-beat Casting And Finding Someone You Know In One Way And You Reinvent Them In Another Way. I Like Doing That As A Director.

I Believe That Anything In This World Is Fair Game For A Creative Exercise.