I often found that my favorite scene that I shoot is often one that I cut out, like in 'The Last Castle' and 'The Contender.' If you look at the deleted scenes, some of the best scenes never made it into the film.
'Commander in Chief' became a show not about why we should have a woman president but why we should not have a woman president.
There was never a day at West Point where I didn't ask myself, 'Where would I put the camera?'
Some nights I lie awake at night thinking, 'What's going to stop someone from smashing a chair through my window and coming in the house at two in the morning?' It is very unnerving. It's a realistic scare, which is the worst kind of scare that you could have.
The United States military is probably the most socialistic institution in the United States.
I admire how Tarantino finds music that's semifamiliar and not famous: undiscovered gems.