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

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

I think it's always interesting how music means different things to different people, and people who overthink it are looking to in some ways show off with music, versus people who just respond to a song and decide to sing it.

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

I really like my first movie a lot, "Kicking and Screaming." I think it's a - I'm very pleased and proud of that movie, but it wasn't the - it wasn't "Citizen Kane" right out of the box, you know? It wasn't "Sex, Lies and Videotape."

I grew up in the heat of '70s postmodern fiction and post-Godard films, and there was this idea that what mattered was the theory or meta in art.

When you're around your family, and you have that history and that shared language, you say things you'd be embarrassed to hear quoted back to you later.