I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me.

In the '90s, indie movies could get financing, because financers gave money straight to directors... Now it's a different system. Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system.

You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.

It's overshadowed, the art. We're in a really argumentative, black-and-white-thinking culture right now. There's not a lot of time to take things in.

I was around New York at a time when independent cinema was at its peak and became kind of popular and mainstream. It got some hype, culturally. After that, studios started to have independent companies within their studio system, and they found bigger stars willing to do new material. That's kind of what it's turned into.

I think Jesse Eisenberg is such a great writer. He was a great director and really tough.

I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me.