“But the reason I became, why I wanted to be in the business was because there was Midnight Cowboy.”

“I've always had this idea that I wanted movies to make people better not worse.”

“The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward years. I don't know if anybody can look at something they did when they were 14 and not wince.”

“So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.”

“I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.”

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