He was very unapologetic about wanting what he wanted. I had a lot of respect for him, being that way, but it wasn't always easy. And I knew when we were making those films that they were very special. Hal is a quiet person. He's very soft-spoken, but when he's on set, it's his set.
Nothing is an accident.
I've worked with a lot of directors who really don't have a sense of what the Hell they want. It's so much easier than everything else that goes into making a film. You step in and you do what you saw in your head when you wrote it. I like to create an environment on set where people feel good about being there and really appreciated for their work and where they know it's important to me and that they feel that I need them. And I tell them.