That's part of the appeal of time-travel movies: The notion of going back and fixing something.

With 'Brick,' I wrote the script when I was 23 and didn't make the movie until I was 30.

I'm definitely a big believer in the notion that a heightened style can get you closer to an authentic human experience than so-called realism on film. There are films I love that have kind of a muted or realistic style, but for me on any given day I have more moments during the course of a day that feel like a Fellini movie than I do a Cassavettes movie.

That's part of the appeal of time-travel movies: The notion of going back and fixing something.

Belgrade has kind of a Dublinesque, dear-dirty charm.

I'm a sci-fi fan, and I guess you have to let go of some of that at some point, and realize that as long as you're focused on telling a story that you care about, at the end of the day, that's what really matters, even to hard-core sci-fi fans.

It's best if I stay out of future plans and let time go on.