When you know you have a certain amount of work to finish, you just don't allow yourself to get sick again.

In a city like New York, especially for young professionals who aren't in a family situation, most people don't cook for themselves. This is the only city I've ever lived in where I eat out every night.

All I kept thinking about was, "Man, he's so relaxed onstage! I'm never going to be that relaxed! I'm clearly not meant to be in front of the camera. I'm really not meant for anything but behind the camera."

I want to be happy while I make movies and not just do things just to work. I want to do things I spend years on.

Even on my films, I always collaborate with the actors. That's a given. I think you need that. You need the actors to feel as much ownership of the performance and the direction of the story as you do, to get the most out of everyone's potential.

The apartments are made for eels.

I started writing stories when I was 9 or 10. I wrote my first screenplay-type document when I was 14.