As a kid, I thought of myself as a funny person who secretly wanted to be serious, but now I think maybe I'm a serious person who secretly wants to be funny.

A lot of black-and-white films generally have a color version that will be used for TV.

Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me.

I like having associations with locations beyond their meaning for the specific movie.

I guess I'm interested in people who are very sophisticated in intellectual ways, while being completely off the mark in emotional ones, with huge blind spots in terms of their own behavior.

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

When I meet certain filmmakers, sometimes you sit down and you do have some kind of shorthand. It can be fun to see them as someone who has been through similar experiences, but also as someone who just loves film. You can talk with them about films in a way that feels really free.