Of course I feel guilty about manipulating the audience, playing on their preconceptions in that way, ... But that's my job.

As a filmmaker, it's a great thing to feel you've really affected them, one way or another. I'd much rather have that than have someone say, 'Nice film, man.' That's a stake through your heart.

We give you characters we'd feel very comfortable judging, and then go: 'Oh yeah? Watch this'.

In 'The Next Three Days,' even though it was a prison breakout movie, I was asking myself, 'What would I do? How far would I go for the woman I loved? How far would I go, and what would I do when the person then told me that they were guilty? Could I still believe in them?' So it was very personal.

We give you characters we'd feel very comfortable judging, and then go: 'Oh yeah? Watch this'.

I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre.