I remember when it was reported that I was going to do the film in this format, people were actually speculating, and I guess I understand it. They w….

Oddly enough, most of the books written about the subject aren't very good because they just focus on the more hateful movies that they did very earl….

I am not going to tell you how I believe, but I do believe in God..

Sometimes things need to get really bad before they can ever get better. Really bad can become untenable if enough people get sick of it. That was a ….

You know, the art films would usually be more, I mean the exploitation movies would usually be more lurid, but not that much more. I mean, actually b….

One thing I don't understand is that average American movie-goers cannot watch a movie for three hours, yet they'll watch a stupid, boring, horrific ….

Apache have the strongest nation in the world behind them. So we're going to inflict pain where our European aunts and uncles had to endure it. And s….

I love thinking about things subtextually and I actually - like for instance when I write, I actually, I'm not very analytical about it. I don't ever….

A movie doesn't have to do everything. A movie just has to do a couple of things. If it does those things well and gives you a cool night at the movi….

I really become the characters when I'm writing them. I'll become one or two of them more than others, I'm consistent that way..

To me, movies and music go hand in hand. When I'm writing a script, one of the first things I do is find the music I'm going to play for the opening ….

To me, America is just another market..

I like it when somebody tells me a story, and I actually really feel that that's becoming like a lost art in American cinema..

It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back..

If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions..

A lot of them [Germaqn actors] could come in and we could speak for the next nine hours in English and there would be no problem. It was - but it was….

You should be semi-embarrasse d about certain people seeing your movie..

It's my job to look at other people's humanity and it's my job to, 24/7, look at my life and listen to everything everyone says, watching their faces….

My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor..

Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie….

Critics don't want to see directors they like make too much of a left turn. That's good for criticism..