David Fincher: “Directing is really three things. You’re editing behavior over time. And then controlling moments that should be really fast and making them slow. And [taking] moments that should be really slow, and making them fast.
“If you think that you can hide what your interests are, what your prurient interests are, what your nobler interests are, what your fascinations are…if you think you can hide that in your work as a film director, you’re nuts.
“Alfred Hitchcock was one of the first guys who said, ‘I’m gonna go with it.'”