"The flaw is Paul Dano. Obviously, it's supposed to be a two-hander, and it's also so drastically obvious that it's not a two-hander. … He is weak sauce, man. He's a weak sister."

"I always say that I don't believe in God, but I believe in movies."

"I just want the same rights that a novelist has... you can write a novel about a bastard, but he can be totally interesting."

"I don't care about what people say about my movies. I make them for myself."

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