There was a telemarketing job one summer in high school that I was rejected for. I still walk by the building that I actually had the interview in. It's still in New York, and I always think about that job and why I didn't get it.

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

I find a lot of writing happens when you're not actually at the computer. So I carry a notebook.

It's always really special to be at the New York Film Festival, and always a real privilege.

It's kind of major, learning to drive. I feel like it kicked up other stuff in my life.

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

I'm always looking for overlooked post-Dylan singer-songwriter records from the '70s.