"There are two kinds of violence. First, there's cartoon violence like Lethal Weapon. There's nothing wrong with that. I'm not ragging on that. But my kind of violence is tougher, rougher, more disturb…"

"I don't believe in the idea of 'guilty pleasures.' If you f***ing like something, like it!"

"I don't believe at all in test screenings or sneak previews where you hand out questionnaires to the viewers to get their reactions."

"I don't like to be bored. I like to be entertained."

"I just realized that I need to be a director for two reasons. One, directors were already my heroes at this point. I wanted to - when I wanted to be an actor I wanted to work with this director. Not w…"