I mostly like documentaries, so I always think things that happened in real life are so astounding that why would you make a movie about something fake.

I am a filmmaker fanatic. I have never been star-struck by an actor once in my entire life.

You have more of a responsibility to make the audience laugh. In comedy, we do have to say, "All right, it's been two minutes in the film. We need another laugh here." With drama, there's no pressure in that regard. It's a different kind of pressure, but it's not like we need to make someone laugh.

The comedy really comes from how badly you want these characters to succeed and with a comedy that's often hard.

People who are just in a restaurant that you would never know are international arms dealers is kind of interesting, they're at the table next to you and you have no idea, you never know what everyone's up to.

My heroes are Bill Murray and Dustin Hoffman. Those are the two actors that both do comedies and dramas, seamlessly. Also John C. Reilly and Philip Seymour Hoffman. They're all just great actors, neither comedic nor dramatic. They're just great actors.

I have other tastes besides comedy. I love comedy. I adore it, but I love dramatic movies just as much.