I'm Not The One Or Two Take

When You're Done Shooting, The Movie That You're Going To Release When You're Done Shooting Is As Bad As It Will Ever Be. And Then Through Editing, And Finishing The Effects And Adding Music, You Get To Make The Movie Better Again. So I'm Really Hard On Myself And On The Movie.

The Weird Thing Is That I Hate To Fly, And The Quote That I Give People Is That Every Time I Get Off A Plane, I View It As A Failed Suicide Attempt.

The First Cut I Do Is Usually Between Five And 10 Minutes Shorter Then The Cut That We Release. Anything I Think Isn't Working Or Might Not Work, I Don't Even Put It In The Director's Cut. And Usually It's The Studio Suggesting I Put Stuff Back In, As Opposed To Studios Saying, "you Got To Lose 40 Minutes," They Are Always Saying, "you've Got To Gain Five Minutes."

I Don't Believe In Leaving A Scene In Because It Was Really Hard To Shoot, Or Because It's The Reason You Took The Movie, Or Because You Always Wanted To Work With An Actor . . . If It's Not Making The Movie Work, Get Rid Of It.

I Haven't Read A Review Of One Of My Films For The Best Part Of 10 Years.