You don't have to be loud. If you know what you want, people respect that.

When you direct is the only time you get to have the world exactly how you want it. My movies are very close to what I set out to do. And I'm super-opinionated about what I do and don't like.

It’s always more intriguing to imagine what’s happening, as opposed to seeing everything, because then you can use your imagination. I always wanted to be at a distance.

It’s about misunderstandings between people and places, being disconnected and looking for moments of connection. There are so many moments in life when people don’t say what they mean, when they are just missing each other, waiting to run into each other in a hallway.

Everyone in my family is in the film business; I knew I wanted to be creative and it was important in my family to be artistic.

Forget the audience, make what you want to see

I always try to make the soundtrack a good CD on its own.