I think it helps the writers to sell their books, if they announce my attachment, but it doesn't mean that I'm going to make the movies in the next year, or two, or three.

I have high aspirations. I want to be an architect.

I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish.

You don't really prepare for a kissing scene.

I was being generous. Gia Coppola wasn't even a filmmaker at that time, but I asked her to do it, because I believed in her as an artist. And because I wanted a woman's take on the material. The book Palo Alto is very male-centric, but Gia carved out a bunch of the female characters, and brought them to the fore in the movie. And the project was richer for it.

I love to bring humour into my work. Because comedy is not a huge part of the art world. And big-business film takes itself very seriously.

We fell in love last night. He's the coolest guy.