"I like to work with stories that are full of suspense and surprise."

"I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle."

"All of us have a dark side, and that's where the stories are."

"A man's best friend is his mother. His second best friend is his wife. And his third best friend is a dog. After that, forget it."

"In feature films the director is God; in documentary films God is the director."