With each one of my films, I'm exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film.

I'm not Michael Moore. I think Michael Moore wants to tell you how to think. He wants to give you answers. I make movies to raise my own personal questions and not to give answers.

Most people are nostalgic in a way that they're fond of the past, but they still are happy that they are where they are now. You know, when you say, 'Oh, high school was this or that,' you don't want to go back. No matter how much you loved high school, you don't want to actually be back in high school. I certainly wouldn't.

My writing voice is very much like 'Thank You for Smoking.' It's a guy's voice. It's very masculine.

I always believed that you can make challenging films, but they should be fiscally responsible.

I went to college, I went pre-med, I thought I was going to be a doctor.

'Looper' is about what your 55-year-old self would tell your 25-year-old self over a cup of coffee. It's about finding love in the third act of your life. It's about overcoming trauma and the idea of true sacrifice.