Music is like color or acting or whatever. It's really something I think about from the beginning. Not that I always know exactly what I'm going to use, but I don't see it as something like, "Let's find some songs now!" after we have a finished film.

As a kid, I thought of myself as a funny person who secretly wanted to be serious, but now I think maybe I'm a serious person who secretly wants to be funny.

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

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

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

Being articulate, my parents could make anything sound reasonable.

I'm a huge proponent of therapy and analysis, but it's something that, in a nonprofessional way, can be abused.