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

Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism.

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.

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.

If they don’t respect you, respect yourself and leave that situation.

I was a shy kid, a late bloomer. At 22, I was probably 16 emotionally.

I hope that Angela Merkel can become the chancellor of the rebuilding of Europe, in close cooperation with the role that I will play in the process.

You know anything about investigative work?" "Sure. Annoy the people involved until the guilt party tries to make you go away.

A big chunk of Western civilization, consciously or otherwise, has given the impression that it's dying to surrender to somebody, anybody. Reasonably enough, Islam figures: Hey, why not us?

I've decided to stick with love.

If you look closely at some scenes in Diner, my eyes look like Dracula's.

God willing, the occupation forces will be driven out as happened in Vietnam.

Lawyers spend their professional careers shoveling smoke.

The state of radio is not great. It's like playing the lottery. The chances of hitting are mind boggling slim.