Knowing what paint a painter uses or having an understanding of where he was in the history of where he came from doesn't hurt your appreciation of the painting.

I am the luckiest filmmaker I know.

I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.

Interestingly, when you do films, sometimes you have conscious reasons, things that you were looking for, or stuff that you were trying to do. And then, you see the film and you think, "Wow, it ended up being something totally different!"

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

My mom was always late. It drove me crazy as a child. So I'm always on time - or early.

Being an artist is a way of saying, I am here, and this is what I stand for.