I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.

Music is a big factor in helping the illusion of the film come to life. The same way music brings back different periods of our lives.

I thought I wanted to be a playwright because I was interested in stories and telling stories.

The internet in hotels should be free - and I really resent it when they charge you five dollars for a bottle of water beside your bed.

Everyone knows the phenomenon of trying to hold your breath underwater - how at first it's alright and you can handle it, and then as it gets closer and closer to the time when you must breathe, how urgent the need becomes, the lust and the hunger to breathe. And then the panic sets in when you begin to think that you won't be able to breathe - and finally, when you take in air and the anxiety subsides...that's what it's like to be a vampire and need blood.

A director is the ringmaster of a circus that's inventing itself.

I don't go on set with an army of people because the most expensive elements of a movie production are the plane tickets, the hotel rooms, food and gasoline. If you're willing to discover new colleagues in the place that you are, you can save a ton of money.