I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.

I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.

The point is the 'me' that you see before you is not the 'me' in my private little space, shape-shifting into the writing role, nor is it the 'me' that works with the actors. Here, at the end of the film doing interviews, I feel like I'm in disguise.

One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.

It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.

The concentration of the elite athlete is akin perhaps to the concentration of the writer.

I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.