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It's funny: as a director, there are movies you make because you're passionate about getting your vision across, and you know that you're vision is different than anybody else. In those cases, you take the plunge, and it works, or it doesn't. You make the stylistic choices based on how you feel about the material.

My biggest role as director on the film is keeping a sense of the overview - how to cast the movie and shoot it in such a way that it will cut together. And how to design the style and tone.

As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer.

The director is the only person on the set who has seen the film. Your job as a director is to show up every day and know where everything will fit into the film.

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

I think you've got to talk to the director, see the director's films and recognise that it's important that the work fits right in and see if as part of the movie.

Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.

I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.

I think one of the major things a director has to do is to know his subject matter, the subject matter of his script, know the truth and the reality of it. That's very important.