I like shooting in New York because I have such a connection to the city. I have so many memories there.

I like the way corduroys feel. I like the sort of jean aspect of corduroys, but also the texture of them. They probably remind me of my childhood, too, I think. I wore cords, and my dad had a corduroy jacket.

I try to write 'and it's all very funny' after each scene description so that the reader can imagine the movie in their head.

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

I'm interested in music as an extension of character.

The real achievement of Woody Allen was that he was making movies that felt very personal, and for a whole group of people, it spoke to them. Then he became an archetype, like Groucho Marx or Chaplin.

We all have these notions of cool that come about at different points in our lives, and it's interesting in how it evolves or doesn't evolve in different people.