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

Other people have worked with big studios and maintained control over their movies. I see no reason why it wouldn't work for me.

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.

I watch movies all the time, so it's hard to pick certain specific directors that have inspired me in the aggregate.

There are days when you're in a good groove and the actor really understands the part and comes as prepared every day as you are and is so inside it. And then there's the day where, for whatever reason, it's just a harder slog. And I feel like those are the days where all the preparation and everything becomes more necessary because you have to find a third route there.

Will Ferrell's made a lot of brilliant movies.

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