"I'm not trying to make a statement with my films. I'm just trying to entertain people."

"The flaw is Paul Dano. Obviously, it's supposed to be a two-hander, and it's also so drastically obvious that it's not a two-hander. … He is weak sauce, man. He's a weak sister."

"He's not really fully formed. They grow. They teach me who they are."

"In real life there are no bad guys. Everybody just has their own perspective."

"My movies are very personal. I'm working in a genre, no doubt about it... but to me all the movies are very personal."