do i have political views? you bet! i think the best way to express them is in your work, and then get the hell off the stage

And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations

I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore

I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features.

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures