I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films.
When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead.
I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model that is outdated and, worse than that, inefficient.
I don't consider myself to be particularly gifted in the way that other filmmakers are gifted.
But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.
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.
Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film.