I think people tend to live, whether they like it or not, influenced by what's next door to them.

Directing is: you're overwhelmed the whole time. Your mind never stops. If you care about it. You wake up in the morning and you begin thinking about it and then you go to sleep at night and you're still thinking about it.

I just wanna get to the end of the day without it raining.

I think people tend to live, whether they like it or not, influenced by what's next door to them.

I learned, especially from my mother, to respect the profession and take it seriously, but not take yourself too seriously.

I only made two studio movies, that was a long time ago and obviously I removed myself. I think some of that is geographical. I live in New York and I want to work there, it's as simple as that.

What we do at its very, very best, at its very, very most, will shift us slightly in our seat. If only for two hours, great. If for the rest of our lives, even better.