When I'm editing, I tend to cut, go back over it, cut, go back over it, cut, so by the time I'm done, even with a cut, I don't have a rough cut and then work on it so much. I have a pretty rigorous cut of the movie that's usually in the range of what the final movie is going to be. It doesn't mean I don't work on it a lot after that, but I get it into a shape so I feel I can really tell what it needs, or at least it's ready to show people.

How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting.

We expect forty-year-olds to have grown up at some point, and to be engaged and adult and take responsibility, and doing nothing would seem to go against that.

I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

It's nice being friends over a period of time with people whose music you like so much, or other filmmakers, seeing people change, go through trials

Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.

Wes Anderson's films, 6-year-olds are crazy about them.