I think anxiety is dangerous, but it makes you think it's your friend.

Peter Bogdanovich is a good friend.

I'm interested in the way major events don't necessarily announce themselves as major events. They're often little things - the drip, drip of life that changes people or affects people.

I think all my movies are about transitions to some degree.

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.

Friends of friends had bands in college or in their early 20s and had a moment where they had some kind of interest from a record label or manager. It's always interesting how people handle those decisions and those moments.

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