I went through this very serious Woody Allen phase in college and a little bit after college. I still see his movies.

When I'm working, it's great. When I'm not working, it's great.

I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.

One man's uplift is another man's sentimental hooey.

It's really hard to be poor in New York - I was really poor when I lived in New York.

I have great people surrounding me and helping me out. I'm totally in love with directing movies and I hope to do more of it.

You can say something that can really help and actor and you can say something that can really get in the way of an actor's performance, kind of cut them off from their instincts and really get into their heads. And every actor's different. Every actor requires something different. Being an actor, for me, was the greatest training to be a writer and director.