I always feel that crime films are about capitalism.

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

The crime film is the most honest American film.

Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song.

Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony.

It's a wonderful thing to go to work and have no idea what you're going to do.

I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesnt have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

I'm sure part of the fascination with the film is voyeuristic - that we go to see somebody who's been struck by lightning.

I think the film gives you a picture of a person. It gives you a complete picture.

As a filmmaker, it's important to sit there and feel embarrassed. If you feel embarrassed by something, you cut it.

The kingdom of this world will come closer into becoming the kingdom of the world if we all take possession of our spheres

(...) I'm not much of anything, (...) besides bored and boring, punctuated by fits of scant self-amusement. And you are ...?

Keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.

As kids do, they're smart, and even if parents try to keep things away from them, conflict and issues and whatnot, kids pick up on what's happening.

I never really saw [my father] at all when I was growing up.

It is not a question of religion, or of creed, or of party; it is a question of declaring and maintaining the great American principle of eternal separation between Church and State.

I had the perfect accident for the perfect idea. I was rendered immobile where the only thing I could do is mess with my computer.

Moving from Wales to Italy is like moving to a different country.

I was the youngest of three kids, and from the age of four, singing was my way of getting attention.

Your love is just the antidote when nothing else can cure me.