We have to have a version of our own story that we keep telling ourselves that allows us to get up in the morning. This version of yourself is what you sell to yourself. I think it necessarily includes ... not looking at certain things. Everybody's got some blind spot.

I think there are only two times that I've ever ended up paying somebody their quote. Like what they actually were worth in the marketplace.

I actually didn't find out about a lot of music until I was older. Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old.

To me the director’s job is to leave it in better shape than you found it, literally.

We have to have a version of our own story that we keep telling ourselves that allows us to get up in the morning. This version of yourself is what you sell to yourself. I think it necessarily includes ... not looking at certain things. Everybody's got some blind spot.

Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film.

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