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.

'Juno' really changed things for me and I get a lot of screenplays come in now, but I like to self-generate and I like to kind of pursue my own ideas. And I think the more personal the better.

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 too big a fan of rhythm and editing. I'd much rather my editing be brave than my shooting.

I have one of the original 'Ghostbusters' guns in my house.

I hate movies that tell people what to think. I'm proud that Democrats thought 'Thank You For Smoking' was their film and Republicans thought it was theirs. I'm proud that pro-choice people thought 'Juno' was their film and pro-life people thought it was theirs.

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