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I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

I get crushes on directors because they are so brilliant.

I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

I am definitely writing letters to lots of directors in my mind when I'm making a film. I'm chasing Woody Allen and Godard and Milos Forman and all these people.

I guess I like a lot of directors. Or at least I try to.

The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart.

There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way the emotions were handled. I thought, I'd really like to do that.

I became a director just for the love of movies, because of the power of cinema.

I fall in love with every film while I'm doing it. I fall in love with the directors, I fall in love with the process. I don't think I could do it otherwise.

I like to just work with great directors.