I made two movies very young, and then I had trouble getting a movie made, and so - which was both, I think, a plus and a minus. It was a minus because it made me unhappy.

I always wanted to write movies that I'd direct. I didn't come at it from a writing standpoint more than a directing standpoint, except that growing up, I didn't have the opportunity to shoot as much as I did to write.

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

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.

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

I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.

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