You just never know when you're living in a golden age.

If you have your movies so that everyone understands everything, I think that's probably not a very good movie.

What science-fiction premises do is it gives you a "what-if" prism to look at the contemporary world with a wack on the side of the head.

I'm attracted to short screenplays. Nobody really wants a film to be over two hours, or at least I don't.

The best cinema is about ethics.

Just because I make films doesn't mean I think they're great. I just make them and then when I'm done with them I'm just a filmgoer like I always am. They're all lessons. I'm still in film school, honestly. And this one is just a dry run for whatever the next one is.

The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component.