'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.

I'm really specific in the way that I shoot. I've always had a very good sense of what I need in the editing room.

I think, through comedy, sometimes we're allowed to discuss things that you'd never be able to talk about in a drama.

I remember when I was like 19 years old and I started a desk calendar company to pay for my first short film, just so I could say one day that my daddy didn't pay for my first short film. And I really established myself in the film festival world.

I'm a believer that people need to understand that filmmaking is not a perfect process for anybody. It is a process in which you find the film and the film finds you. And that is every film.

I want my movies to be audience experiences. As much as I like Michael Haneke, I'm not going to make a Haneke film. That's just not in my DNA.

I don't want to make films that give you the answer. If there is a message to my films - and I hope there isn't - it's to be open-minded.