A lot of times, we're just sold these movies that are really cynically conceived and marketed, and they just want you there opening weekend, before everybody finds out it's not so good.

Talk about what you love and keep quiet about what you don't.

I actually have a thing about proper nouns. They clang on my ear in a weird way when I hear them dropped into movies.

I distinguish sentiment from sentimentality. Sentimentality makes your skin crawl. It's like too much sugar. But, sentiment is a great feeling.

Knowing when to say something and when not to say something is important.

There's that great Bill Hicks line - the comedian - where he says, "Are you proud to be an American?" "I don't know. It's just where my parents had sex."

I like movies that are about real people in real time with real problems.