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.

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.

When I meet certain filmmakers, sometimes you sit down and you do have some kind of shorthand. It can be fun to see them as someone who has been through similar experiences, but also as someone who just loves film. You can talk with them about films in a way that feels really free.

I've always felt some kind of connection to people who are kind of over-smart. People who over-think things to the point of some sort of paralysis, and I think that certainly can be me on any given day.

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

I didn't train in directing; I talk to actors the way I talk to anybody.

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