It's pretty clear to me that working as a director for hire agrees with me. I like it. The films that have come out of that, I personally like better than the ones that didn't.

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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.

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's...

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's...

Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

Lying is like alcoholism. You are always recovering.

I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people.

I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people.

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...

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'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...

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 love caper films.

I love caper films.

I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very...

I'm in the process of working out an arrangement to make some very, very, very...

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...

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.

I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they...

I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...