"I don't think about the legacy of my films. I just think about making the next one."

"Filmmaking can be a democratic process. In which other people, other than rich white men, can make movies."

"I don't care if people like my movies or not. I make them for myself."

"I'm a mad scientist when it comes to making movies."

"Violence was like another character in the room. It hung over the proceedings. You kept waiting for every conversation to break out into it. So even if it was funny, the audience might have laughed, b…"