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This was a really big opportunity. This script was even mediocre. The idea was great, but Jay came on with his guys made it great and very specific. It all came together well.

I'd love to work on a script in collaboration.

I wish in my own mind I were more definite - that I was absolutely convinced I'd never direct someone else's script, but I keep reading scripts, because I might find something.

I'm just a sucker for a good script.

Give me a good script, and I'll be a hundred times better as a director.

I know that I wouldn't mind going back to work if I could find the right script and the right crew to work with.

I think that my script, if it gets used, would be great. But if it doesn't, I think it inspired them.

It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script, you know, like a Charlie Kaufman script.

I heard about the project over a year before we began. My American agent said, 'Oh, you might want to read 'In Cold Blood' because they're talking about you for Capote, but the script's with Johnny Depp and Sean Penn at the moment.' So, these things take their time to dribble down the food chain.

We taped all this and then got it transcribed and picked the best lines or ideas or ways to take a scene. I've done that many times, and it can improve the script but also wreck a perfectly good scene.