Grief and memory go together. After someone dies, that's what you're left with. And the memories are so slippery yet so rich.

L.A. is so isolated and unhip in a way; it gives you room to figure out who you are and explore more personal stuff.

To me, sadness and humor aren't disrelated and humor is the best tool I've had against the sadness in my life.

To me it's like, every time I'm a director, like today, you're the captain of the ship, so you better dress like it. You're the host of the party.

There's great sadness and life doesn't work out like you would want, on a lot of levels, but there's no need to feel all alone. This happens to everybody, so there's no self-pity. This is the ride that humans are on, and all of it is essential for our natural part of it.

I don't really believe that documentary is objective reality and fiction is all illusion.

I pretty much believe that a film is a film and when an audience watches a film, they finish it.