You Think About Taking Audiences

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.

I Think Movies Are A Director's Medium In The End. Theater Is The Actor's Medium. Theater Is Fast, And Enjoyable, And Truly Rewarding. I Believe In Great Live Performance.

For Me, Certain Shots Or Scenes Are Keys In The Movie.

You've Got To Believe As A Filmmaker That If A Movie's Good Enough, It's Going To Survive; And If It's Not, Well, It Won't.

If You Lived Through The Shooting Of Jaws, You Can Live Through Anything.