I Like The Idea Of R-rated Franchises.

When You Cast Somebody You Cast Them Not Only For... I Look For An Inherent Kind Of Quality. You Are Going To Be Shooting 14 Hour Days And You Are Going To Be Tired. You Are Going To Not Necessarily Be Able To Conjure Armor Or A Façade Every Single Moment.

Human Beings Are Amazing At Finding Ways To Waste Their Own Time.

Our Pavlovian Response To Movies Has Gotten To Its Lowest Point Ever. You Look At A Lot Of Movies That Are Successful And A Lot Of Movies That Studios Hold Up As Examples And You Go, 'my God, That Isn't Even A Story. It Isn't Even Two Acts. It's Eight Set Pieces Drawn Out With Slow Motion.' The Difficulty For Me Was That You Had To Hope That People Were Interested In This Kind Of A Story.

The Thing Is, That Great Actors Are Everywhere. They're Everywhere. They're Doing Good Parts On Television. They're Doing Television Commercials. They're Doing Local Theater. There Are So Few Opportunities.

You’ll Find That The Movie Business Is Paid For By Those Mega Movies. The Movie Business Is Paid For By Big Macs. By Movies As Product. Movie Studios Use That Term “product” All The Time. Product? You Mean You Have A Lot Of Stories? No, We Have A Lot Of Product. You Have Stories.