I don't agree with the idea that my characters are unlikeable.

I think sometimes bad behaviour can be liberating for certain people. They need to behave badly to find themselves - to go off path to find their path. You see it with kids all the time: They're testing boundaries, and I think that's healthy.

When I start a movie, there will be certain films that I watch again just because the vibe seems right.

I don't like when you necessarily know that this is the end of the movie. I like when a movie ends abruptly. You go through this, and some of the scenes are uncomfortable, and some are funny - and then suddenly it's over.

When I make a movie, I have both a specific and vague, amorphous dream idea of what the movie is going to be. Of course, I don't actually know what it's going to be, but I'm still striving to get to some place with it.

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

Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.