"If I've made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great!"

"I don't think about the awards season when I'm making a movie. I just think about making a good movie."

"I'm a big fan of movies that are unpredictable."

"I make violent movies. I like violent movies. I'm on record about how I feel there is no correlation between art and life in that way."

"The worst thing about movies is, no matter how far you can go, when it comes to violence you are wearing a pair of handcuffs that novelists... don't wear."