If you don't feel good about something, you don't shake it off easily.

I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.

Anyone who's putting money into your movie would always rather you cast well-known people.

You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.

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.

That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.

I've always felt some kind of connection to people who are kind of over-smart. People who over-think things to the point of some sort of paralysis, and I think that certainly can be me on any given day.