It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing.

I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever.

Sometimes we don't see certain things until we're ready to see them in a certain way.

I'm a Tulsa Jew and I have a religious upbringing.

I'm fascinated by the ways in which people express themselves, because their responses are often counter to what they're actually feeling. Like when they're frightened, they tend to freeze. When they're angry, it doesn't always come out as volume. There are wonderful contradictions in the way that people express their emotions.

If there's a criteria that really gets me interested in a work besides any type of personal interaction with the theme, it's if I feel like this is the right piece of work for that director at that moment in their career.

It's better for people to miss you than to have seen too much of you.