I'm very eclectic in terms of what I like, what I read, what I watch, my own consumer behavior.

I went through a pretty serious illness early in my life and I made a movie about that.

I think you either have chemistry or you don't. If you could create chemistry in the editing room then there would be no films without chemistry, obviously, because there are a lot of good editors out there who'd be able to take care of that then if that's how it really worked.

I'm very eclectic in terms of what I like, what I read, what I watch, my own consumer behavior.

The screenplay is a great document because it makes you have many discussions prior to actually being on the floor.

I read a script or I read a project or I read a novel and I know that I'm going to spend two to three years of my life with that, exclusively. So you better like it. There better be an honorable, real need to make that movie.

It's not like you get up in the morning on the first day of shooting and say, 'I'm so smart today I'm going to determine every choice I make from now until a year and a half from now.' So it changes. You gain insights. The movie bucks you.