Because whatever I feel inside, it has a place to go. It just saves me over and over and over again.

Because whatever I feel inside, it has a place to go. It just saves me over and over and over again.

From Blue Valentine I kept my wedding ring. I actually kept it on for a while. After the shooting had stopped, I was still wearing it – I couldn’t quite take it off – and now I keep it above the kitchen sink where I do dishes, as a little memento.

For me, relationships are the real action movies. Bombs are exploding every day and the kitchen is Ground Zero.

It's all so personal, isn't it? It's hard to talk about work without talking about things that are personal. Work is personal. I don't want to talk about my personal life, but it's on my mind, and it's in my work.

An interview is like a minefield.

Every movie I make I find kind of excruciating. I get a lot back from it, but I feel like I'm kind of always working at the edge of my ability. I guess that's what I'm looking for when I go to work. I am trying to become the edge.