Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to be in control enough to capture what's happening

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

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

When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into the system and make a big hit

Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his is going to come out are his press conferences, because he's so brilliant

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

Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind of serial murderer that preys on tourists.