There are only so many movies you can direct. And yet there are movies that I want to make sure make it to the screen in as honest a way as possible.

Really, it's the director's job to disappear and allow the movie to just feel.

All the airports kind of feel and look the same now. Some are more beautiful, some are less beautiful, but for the most part you're going to find a Starbucks in every airport. You're going to get your coffee and the 'USA Today' or 'New York Times' in every airport.

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

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

When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people receive what I do as small, personal films that are somewhat contrarian about their main characters.

Discover how little you know about the people you know.