Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.

Sundance is a really special place. They're very protective of movies, especially lower-budget movies.

It's very important to keep the emotions grounded, to keep the characters in some real place.

Working with the actors, working with production designers, working with the creative people who surround the process is really fun, it's really inspiring and I take great pleasure in working with them. That's what's most fun about directing.

I always remembered that when I saw people get married they got on a rocketship and went to Planet Happiness, Population: Them.

There's a punk rock quality to Peter Parker, that I identified with when I read the comics [Spider-Man], and that I really liked. He has this chip on his shoulder.

Romance: That's one of the things that makes Spider-Man really unique, in terms of the comic books. There is a tender, romantic quality to it. And certainly, that's something that's always fascinated me about the cinema: good romance.