There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies.

On a movie, it's always better to stay invisible as much as you can to keep things calm. I like to whisper to my cameraman, I like to whisper to my actors, and whoever else I've gotten to whisper to.

Whatever one considers art to be, there is in many people a hunger to express themselves creatively and to feel authentic in doing that.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.

I'm a huge Woody Allen fan. Good movie, bad movie, it doesn't matter - I just like his movies.

There is no re-inventing the wheel.

I'll tell you what I probably would prefer to happen less and less: actors that I know and respect in shampoo ads. Or modeling.