Nerves provide me with energy... It's when I don't have them, when I feel at ease, that's when I get worried.

There’s nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you’re meant to do. It’s like falling in love.

I love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. That’s the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.

Any good movie is filled with secrets.

There's nothing in the American dream about character. It's a serious flaw.

A movie is like a person. Either you trust it or you don't.

The unconscious is our best collaborator.

Being with an insanely jealous person is like being in the room with a dead mammoth.

I was just trying to make a nice little movie... It wasn't until I saw it all put together that I realized this was something remarkable.

I love the editing process of making movies. I just wish that life had one.

I have never understood people dividing things into dramas and comedies.

The deeper we dig into our field the more we know about its details

Unlocking the power of your subconscious mind is a simple process, requiring only your willingness and effort.

Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.

We happen upon ourselves when nothing much happens to us, and we are transformed in the process...

The smartest thing we can do to create high-wage jobs and grow our economy is to keep our focus on education.

However well organised the foundations of life may be, life must always be full of risks.

When a man marries his mistress it creates a job opportunity.

Once you're in love, you have that excuse to go and do whatever you want.

My only goal is to stay focused on my craft and make sure my life is as sharp as it can be to attack any character that is given to me.

Celebrity doesn't really affect the work. What affects the work is the expectations from the outside. This is what no one understands.