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.

It's kind of a crazy art form, movies, in that you have to get it right the day you do it, generally.

I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing.

I feel a real connection to Brooklyn, certainly, because I spent 20 years of my life there, but I don't think of myself as a Brooklyn artist any more than I think of myself as a male artist.

I love black-and-white movies that are about contemporary subjects.

I think I was going through a lot of change at 27, but I didn't know it was happening until it was over.

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