The hoopla with all the award season is kind of mind-boggling. It kind of puts you on your heels.

Movies are like magic tricks.

I used to be somebody. Now I’m somebody else.

Words fall short sometimes.

When I'm working, I'm very purposeful and everything else gets out of focus. Something I've had to work on together with my wife is how to acknowledge each other in the midst of this and keep the relationship going.

As filmmakers, we're constantly always looking for something to bring the audience deeper into the reality of the story we're telling.

You have that Frank Capra kind of side to it and the characters are really well drawn, so I think everybody tried their best to stay faithful to the script.