In our culture right now, I want to take on this notion of what a singular success means. We think success is one thing, but it's actually a spectrum of where our life takes us.

When I was a kid I would write songs, little plays, and poetry in school. If you're an adult and you're a poet, it's all about love and pain, but if you're a kid it's, "Does anyone know a word that rhymes with shark?"

I don't drink a lot. My family calls me an old soul. And my friends call me a pussy.

I feel like everyone wants to make a movie that they feel passionate about watching.

I take the subway four times a day, or close to it. I just love the subway! My grandfather worked as an electrician when they were digging the subway.

The list of fun and easily fixed brain diseases is very short.

I will say what I aspire to is a consistency in making films, to direct something every couple of years.