I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses.

I'm always a little unnerved when I see a show that's set in the past that implies in any way that things were nicer then.

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

I think the feeling that we're going to work together again usually starts to come up before the first project's even done. The Black Keys and I have already talked about starting on something new.

The great thing about the business is how Darwinian it is. We have to swim or die - if you are found wanting over a period of time, you've either got to change what you're doing or find something else to do.

I come from a generation that was surrounded by popular music, but I don't know if anybody's ever going to move the ball forward as far and as fast as the Beatles did.

I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.