I totally have no love for that whole romance for that Antebellum time period.
To me, America is just another market.
That’s how it always is with me: the thing that sets me down to start writing is usually not what I end up doing. Because, as much as I love genre, and I try to deliver the goods, I go off from it. I go do my own thing.
Movies are not about the weekend that they’re released, and in the grand scheme of things, that’s probably the most unimportant time of a film’s life.
I don’t really consider myself an American filmmaker like, say, Ron Howard might be considered an American filmmaker. If I’m doing something and it seems to me to be reminiscent of an Italian giallo, I’m gonna to do it like an Italian giallo.
Violence is fun, man.
I didn’t go to film school, I went to films.
I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
I hate The Confederate cause. I’ve always felt that they are our Nazis and the rebel flag was our swastika.
The good ideas will survive.
As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I’m severed.
I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.
To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
My parents said, Oh, he’s going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor.
I am a genre lover – everything from spaghetti western to samurai movie.
Don’t write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what’s in your heart.
When you gotta go out and make a movie to pay for the kid’s private school and for the three ex-wives, don’t talk to me about your artistry. It’s their job. It’s not my job. It’s my calling.
There’s only one list that’s more illustrious than the list of directors who won the Palme d’Or. It’s the list of directors who didn’t.
I hope to give you at least 15 more years of movies. I’m not going to be this old guy that keeps cranking them out. My plan is to have a theater by that time in some small town and I will be the manager this crazy old movie guy.
One can be inclined to just say, “F this political correctness! I don’t have time for that!”