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I'm in awe of directors like the Coen brothers who can shoot their script and edit it, and that's the movie. They're not discovering the movie in postproduction. They're editing the script they shot.

I kind of always think my work is unfilmable, and when I meet people who are interested in filming it, I'm always stunned.

I'm always coming back with too much footage. Most filmmakers do, but I'm always surprised that it keeps happening to me.

There are two phases to a movie. First you shoot the movie, and then you make the movie. Generally, post-production is longer than filming.

Filming is a witnessing process. You don't try to control it, even though sometimes you wish you could because it can go really, really wrong for you.

When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.

The great thing about filming a film is that you all have your final day's shooting, but you always know that you're all going to be coming back for the premiere.

I had four films one year that were supposed to happen and didn't.

I've never made any film that I wouldn't go back and re-edit.