I am a big fan of the old Howard Hawks films from the 30s and 40s, I was a big Hepburn and Tracey fan for a while and Woody Allen films that are a very different kind of romantic comedy.

I'd been offered TV series over the years and never had any interest in doing television. I'm not a TV guy.

Trust your actors. That's why I work with the same actors time and time again. I encourage them to change the dialogue to achieve one thing: keep the characters honest.

I'm betting that in two years I'll be talking to you about a film that I shot on an iPhone. It's absolutely coming, I have no doubt in my mind.

I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them.

Woody Allen would go for seven years without a movie and then make one that makes no money.

But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.