'angel Heart' Was One Of My Favorite

Now There Is So Much Expertise And Brainpower It's Hard To Be At The Cutting Edge Of What's Cool And Not Do Something That's Totally Geeky.

I'd Like To Do A Lot Of Different Stuff. I Think It's Important As A Creative Person To Keep Challenging Yourself And Keep Doing New Stuff. If You End Up Trying To Repeat Yourself It's Death. It Just Becomes Boring And Takes The Passion Out Of It. You Gotta Find Stories And Characters That You Really Want To Hang Out With.

Every Film Had Its Own Grammar. And It's Your Job As A Director To Basically Figure Out A Language To Tell A Story.

Noah Is The Battle Of Justice Versus Mercy. In Genesis It Says That Noah Was Righteous In His Times. You Think You Sort Of Know What Righteous Means, You Know, If You Listen To A Lot Of Bob Marley. According To All The Biblical Scholars We Talked To, Righteousness Is The Proper Balance Of Justice And Mercy. If You Think Of That, As A Parent, You Know That If You Have Too Much Justice And You're Too Strict, You Destroy A Child. If You Have Too Much Mercy, As A Parent, You Destroy A Child As Well. A Big Part Of This Movie Is Noah Finding Mercy For Man.

It Would Be Nice To Make A Movie That Other People Want To Make, Because Every One Of These Movies, I Basically Have To Find The Only Company In The World That's Willing To Make It, And It's Always A Big Challenge. I End Up Spending A Tremendous Amount Of Energy And Time Trying To Get Money To Make These Movies And It's Exhausting.