“I remember looking through magazines or watching movies even just a couple of years ago and being like, 'I really want to be part of that,' but not realizing what that was.”

“I really like Gwyneth Paltrow a lot, as far as her career, because I think she's done a lot of small movies but she's also done great, big movies, and she's a really great actress.”

“I use to watch like maybe three or four movies, five days out of the week. I was a movie buff, but I really didn't know what it was like behind the scenes, or the whole political process of it.”

“I'm trying to figure myself out through my movies. Whether it's big stuff like what we're doing here, or little stuff like, 'Why aren't I happier?' With every film I feel like I'm apologising for something. I feel I'm most successful when I'm looking for something that embarrasses me about my character that I'd like to expose.”

“I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean.”

“I watch movies occasionally, and I watch documentaries. Virtually nothing else.”

“I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.”

“I didn't have any ambition to produce big mainstream popcorn movies.”

“When I was a boy, I always saw myself as a hero in comic books and in movies. I grew up believing this dream.”