I want to make movies that people see. I really think that movies are the most popular form of story telling ever and have such a huge impact on culture when they do.

There's a lot of complicated magical reasons why I'm not at the party that are too long and semantic to go into.

One of the big takeaways from that experience [in Blue Jasmin] was just what a thrill it was to act with somebody like Cate Blanchett operating on that caliber. Because what she was doing was very powerful. T

Same with the Coen brothers and Warren [Beatty]. And then slowly you get to know each one of them as a person, and that becomes a kind of separate entity, where you just know the human being.

Warren [Beatty] did a very cool thing, where he directs in character.

But even a kid, directing was something that I did. I made short films in school. I feel like I've been in the best film school in the world.

Their way of working [the Coen brothers] is always kept pretty mysterious. I was so curious to see how they make these movies. It was just such a joy - they seem to have so much fun making their movies.