I think all my movies are about transitions to some degree.

Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.

I like to try to keep things as relaxed and easy as possible. I mean, movies generally attract a lot of people who like to cause fires, so they can later try to put them out. But I don't like that kind of thing.

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.

Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.

I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with.

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