I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's going to be used in some way

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

The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students an idea of what's happening.

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

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time

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

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years