I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.

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

I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore it.

I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue

You've got to remind yourself all the time that you're being measured against the fashions of the day, and if your work truly has any kind of staying power, well, people will be talking about it in 20, 30 years.

Everybody doesn't have to have a daughter who's a goodie-two-shoes.

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time