For context, the budget of Don Jon is about half the budget of (500) Days of Summer. And (500) Days of Summer is about a third of the budget of the lowest-budget movies produced at a major studio.

He loved me. He loves me not.

One thing that stays pretty consistent for all my jobs is, I listen to a lot of music while I'm working.

Certainly the animation technology is growing like crazy. All media technology is.

It's less about what you do and more about who you are doing it with.

I knew that if I wanted to really maintain control, I would have to keep the budget down. And I did. And I feel very fortunate that - y'know, this movie [Don Jon] - frame for frame, line for line - is exactly what I wanted it to be. Nobody made me change anything.

The most valiant thing you can do as an artist is inspire someone else to be creative.