That's the nice thing about collaborating with someone: Your work becomes a conversation.

I really like my first movie a lot, "Kicking and Screaming." I think it's a - I'm very pleased and proud of that movie, but it wasn't the - it wasn't "Citizen Kane" right out of the box, you know? It wasn't "Sex, Lies and Videotape."

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

A film set becomes its own family anyway, and all family dynamics come out during a shoot. The trick is hiring people who know how to handle that.

I've had great experiences or joyful experiences making a movie that people found very disturbing.

I don't like when you necessarily know that this is the end of the movie. I like when a movie ends abruptly. You go through this, and some of the scenes are uncomfortable, and some are funny - and then suddenly it's over.

I've had times in my life when I really haven't been able to figure myself out.