It's strange, people have asked me what my schedule is and what is my process like, and I can't even answer it.

I don't mind him not talking so much, because you can hear his voice in your heart; the same way you can hear a song in your head even if there isn't a radio playing; the same way you can hear those blackbirds flying when they're not in the sky

I think, for me, when I direct my own work it's just an extension of the authorship.

My work is always more emotional than I am. My characters say things to each other that I get accused of not being able to say to my girlfriend.

When I got inside, I just sort of stood there. There's nothing stranger than the smell of someone else's house. The scent goes right to your stomach. Mary's house smelled like lemon furniture polish and oatmeal cookies and logs in a fireplace. For some reason it made me want to curl up in the fetal position. I could have slept right there on their kitchen table.

When it's just a few scenes and a couple of actors behaving in a room, I feel very confident with that.

I just love working with actors, and I love working with writers, working with designers.