There are the people who overthink making mix CDs and playlists, and how that works generationally is all really interesting to me.

I think I've always been drawn to the notion of talk as cinematic.

When I'm editing, I tend to cut, go back over it, cut, go back over it, cut, so by the time I'm done, even with a cut, I don't have a rough cut and then work on it so much. I have a pretty rigorous cut of the movie that's usually in the range of what the final movie is going to be. It doesn't mean I don't work on it a lot after that, but I get it into a shape so I feel I can really tell what it needs, or at least it's ready to show people.

Defining yourself by your taste is easier than defining yourself by any genuine stance on something.

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

I'm curious how people build up the codes that they live their life by, and how they come to think that that's the best way for them to function.

I do think it's a very good way to describe what a great actor does. You're both acknowledging the authority of the director and the necessity of the actor to push back and find their own voice.