Every story has its demands.

Every picture has its own demands, and every picture stimulates something within you to tell it a certain way. I don't know what that is; I don't think too much about that.

There has to be something in every role that interests you.

I'm not a reality-TV kind of guy. But it's almost like we're living in a reality show. Every day in this country, everybody keeps worrying about the deterioration of America, and it's like a big reality show.

Every movie I make teaches me something. That's why I keep making them.

You are always hoping that movie audiences are interested in characters and interested in story values rather than just mindless special effects. But you never know.