I think people are happier when they have structure, you know? You realize that as you get older. You have to have rituals and structure.

I'm not going to just do a dumb zombie movie, although I love zombie movies.

I had a great time with John Duigan he's pretty amazing.

I had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.'

An editor is like a painter. There is a magic in that.

I copied everything I did in Galaxy Quest from Bill Paxton in Aliens, I owe him some credit.

In theatre you can't ad lib, so you want to pick really good material, like David Mamet or Shakespeare or whatever. You want to be really careful about what you do. But in the movies, you do have more wiggle-room. You do have more opportunities to improvise. It's fun to improvise, but I still think it's better to have a great script.

I remember being very influenced by 'Taxi Driver', and also Tommy Lee Jones in 'Coal Miner's Daughter' a little bit.