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When I was a kid going to the movies, we'd go because Bogart was in the movie, or Cagney, or John Wayne. We didn't know what the story was about or anything.

For me, it was a lot of pressure to make another movie after 'Inglourious Basterds' because I didn't want to do something wrong. I wanted to have a beautiful project for another American movie.

Most of the films that I've ever really responded to are ones that I feel were really involved in their times.

I just want to make sure I'm contributing good films to movie history rather than being famous just to be famous.

I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.

If you're in a film that you're proud of and you care about, then you're always happy to talk about it.

I like most of the Humphrey Bogart movies because they had to act then, and they acted very well. Edward G. Robinson is probably the best actor I've ever seen on the movies.

It was really hard to find another project after my first film.

I think all those actors from that generation, like Bogart - they were wonderful actors. They didn't act. They just came on and they did it, and the characters were wonderful.

The filmmaker is really important to me: it could be their first film; it's not just about their reputation, but I have to really believe in them.