If people knew what made hits they'd make more of them, so to have the illusion of control over one's career isn't something I can even pretend to have.

What happens between action and cut for me is a blur, I go almost into a whiteout, and then I see the film and I'm like, "Oh that's what I did? Cool!"

I grew up loving horses. I was relatively obsessed, starting with my rocking horse at age 2, all the way through my painting and drawing phase.

Sometimes I think opposable thumbs were invented so teenage girls could use text messaging.

I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.

I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.

Independent films have a very different cachet than success films.