I make movies for me and posterity. I'm more scared of history than I am of the studio.

I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.

Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting.

I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies.

It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.

Ninja is super-ambitious - more than I am.