There's a certain type of character that you can't help but come in contact with growing up and living in Brooklyn and Long Island. A certain mixture of moxie, heart, and a wise guy sense of humor.

I've certainly worked with really great directors who haven't acted.

I hope I don't make it sound like it's this big to-do, but even putting on real cufflinks takes work.

When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that and feeling like I was losing control.

By nature, I think I am a pretty private person, and that is what is hard even doing interviews for films that I really love doing, because in some ways, it diminishes the experience that I had.

I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write.

I like character-driven stuff. It doesn't matter, the size of the part.