I mean, look, I love movies, not just the ones I make... In fact, I don't like the movies I make very much.

Each one of my movies becomes easier to get off the ground.

I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted stale script.

As the years go by and I make more films, I am increasingly interested in capturing place as a vivid backdrop for my films.

I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.

Comedy is a wonderful device for distance that allows us to look at what we're talking about with some degree of distance and hopefully with a bit more perspective and honesty. With many exceptions, a movie with no jokes is far less appealing to me.

I've always approached screenplays and so forth with, "How would it really happen?" Not "What's the movie version?" but "What's the real-life version?" Then I just follow my nose.