Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.

I always viewed life as material for a movie.

I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.

I live in Manhattan now, because, in a way, it was my fantasy.

I try to procrastinate, if I can, productively, like I'll work on something else as procrastination. Or I take a walk. Because often I find, if you get out, more things come to you.

I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.

A film set becomes its own family anyway, and all family dynamics come out during a shoot. The trick is hiring people who know how to handle that.