What's great is when you're working with somebody with whom you have a connection, it's exciting because there's a shorthand and you trust each other and you have a good time together on the set and so you can go a little farther than you might normally because you're with somebody that you trust.

Big Night and The Impostors are both things that I wrote.

I'm not saying they won't be bigger projects someday.

As a film director I like to have the actors create their own close-ups. It's an older style of filmmaking.

Every role is approached in exactly the same way, you have to make it believable and that's all. Acting is really serious, like, pretending really hard.

I'm actually one who will encourage directors to cut my lines.

The thing is, I'm a very practical filmmaker.