I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.

In real life, I myself am kind of a rambling guy. I like to travel.

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

I like actors who, when you see them on screen, you sense a person, not just an actor.

The worst thing for people to say about your movies is, "Yeah, it was pretty good, but it was too damn long.".

I always think about visual comedy. I was raised watching silents, and I'm always thinking about how to make cinema, not good talking - although I want good talking. I'm much more interested in framing, composition, and orchestration of bodies in space, and so forth. My goal is always what Chuck Jones wanted his Warner Brothers cartoons to be, which was if you turn down the sound, you could still tell what's going on.

I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.