I really like to travel when I write. Something about seeing new things and being in new cultures and environments provokes new thoughts in your head.

I'm a little less hungry as an actor than I used to be. When you're a director, you're the conductor of the orchestra, and when you're an actor, you're playing the violin. There's a thrill to each of them, but as the conductor, you get the fuller sound.

When I go to movies and I love the movie, it's because it feels like it articulated something about how we're living now, and also gives me some insight into my own life. I feel actually altered after having seen it.

One thing I'm most proud of, in my movies, is that I think the performances are super-strong, but that's not all me. I think part of it is casting appropriately.

I really like to travel when I write. Something about seeing new things and being in new cultures and environments provokes new thoughts in your head.

My trick is the trick that everyone knows: Work really hard and prepare.

One man's uplift is another man's sentimental hooey.