Truth and facts have to trump partisanship. There has to be something that's true regardless of what your angle is on it.

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.

You can't get good at anything unless you do it day in and day out, over and over.

Everything had been done long before I started making movies. I mean, there's nothing that Godard hasn't already done. You can't do a single thing that Godard hasn't already thought of. And so you struggle to do something that is not predictable.

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.

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

Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it.