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I swear I'm not bossy in any other aspect of my life - it's just on set.

I will work with a director who has good material because at the end of the day, that's what counts.

The director's job is full of all sorts of annoyances and details - like how many cars are on the street. Ugh. I don't want it. I like my gig. And I feel that for the next 30 years or so I can keep learning more about it.

I would hate people to think bossy is all I can do.

I've worked with a lot of directors who really don't have a sense of what the hell they want.

I wouldn't want to be just pigeonholed as an extravagant director.

There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without it.

If I'm going to produce something, it's going to be with somebody I think is special. Once I go beyond a handful of directors, like Scorsese, there are very few I want to work with.

I'm the kind of director, at any given moment, an idea occurs to me, I'll just do it.

I don't like directing that much to want a career as a director for hire. I like to have as much creative control as possible.