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.

You can be aware that something is idiosyncratic, and give it to a character, but keep doing it.

How you start the movie is critical. And how often you feel that there's no reason for how it's starting.

Being funny, in some ways, is about being connected to psychology.

I guess I probably took New York for granted. Growing up, playing in the street, going down to the Avenue to the record store and to the grocery store and stuff like that.

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

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.