The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else…

Quote by Steven Soderbergh

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Well, it's 15 years since Sex, Lies And Videotape, and if you hang around long...

Well, it's 15 years since Sex, Lies And Videotape, and if you hang around long...

To me the director's job is to leave it in better shape than you found...

To me the director's job is to leave it in better shape than you found...

I just produced Criminal, this remake of Nine Queens, and one of the things that...

I just produced Criminal, this remake of Nine Queens, and one of the things that...

I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had...

I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had...

When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read...

When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read...

I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are...

I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are...

I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one...

I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one...

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film...

When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film...

Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same...

Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same...

I love caper films.

I love caper films.

But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business...

But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business...

I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way....

I guess I didn't feel confident enough to be searching in a big public way....

I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films.

I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films.

Warner Bros. has talked about going out with low-cost DVDs simultaneously in China because piracy...

Warner Bros. has talked about going out with low-cost DVDs simultaneously in China because piracy...

Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.

Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that.

When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong...

When things go right it's hard to figure out why, but when things go wrong...

I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't...

I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't...

I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're...

I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're...

Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is...

Traffic is about drugs. As detailed a portrait as I can muster about what is...

The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes...

The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes...