It's an ongoing process, in the script, on the set and in the editing room, to make sure you are being true to the emotion of the film without turnin…

- Jon Turteltaub

What's great is when you're shooting at the same hotel you're living in, you finish shooting, put your stuff down, take an elevator and go to bed.

- Jon Turteltaub

You're often trying to fix a script by shooting it.

- Jon Turteltaub

You're just always looking for something new. That's why a lot of people bounce between TV and movies. You have the ability to try something else.

- Jon Turteltaub

Most of the guys like sticking to the script and doing just what's written. If they're exploring, they're exploring ways of doing the script.

- Jon Turteltaub

Magic has a spiritual element, and is considered very important and of value, and magicians have always been a little bit silly, so if you're going t…

- Jon Turteltaub

You'll never meet a nicer person, let alone a nicer actress, than Mary Steenburgen.

- Jon Turteltaub

What you realize is that a lot of actors want to be directed. They're there to do the best job they can for the director. They have a lot of question…

- Jon Turteltaub

It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying.

- Jon Turteltaub