It's always been very important for me to be surrounded by people. It's never been enough for me to be successful alone. I want to be around people my own age who are also doing things I can learn from. And something Francis Ford Coppola said when we were doing the movie was, "If you learn something about people when you do dinner with them every week, you'll learn a lot more if you play softball with them every week." This is us learning what the climate is creatively among us.

An era that I specifically like is sort of late 50's, early 60's. I guess mid 50's too. I like these types of films that deal with post WWII America and this more complex leading man that kind of emerges from that.

I buy myself a present whenever I don't get a role that I really wanted.

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.

I've had a couple opportunities where I've been on the other side of the audition process as a director.

I'm just excited to be a part of the movie [Star Wars]. It's always the particulars that are the most exciting.

I really want to be a part of those movies that say something good to a lot of people.