The filmmaker's got to make it his story and the actors have got to make it their story.

I'm pretty ruthless about that; I think when you sign over your story, you sign over your story.

We've got our football where no one wears anything and the guys are in little shorts and they beat the crap out of each other, and they can catch it and they can kick it, and it's the only place it's played in the world.

I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.

We grew up as kids watching those movies and we were exposed to themes of civil rights, unfairness, bigotry and fathers struggling against the kind of mob of the town, so you remember how you felt as a kid being taken seriously, that you are part of the human drama.