I'm kind of a nerd, so whenever I get a chance to talk to an artist I really admire, I tend to gravitate to process.

Acting is kind of a forced compassion, where you learn that given certain circumstances, you can feel and do things that you never thought yourself capable of. And so it stops you from being super-judgmental.

I think you have to be ready to switch gears and go with the team as a director, as opposed to superimposing your own strict idea of the story. There are very few directors that can micromanage and still come out with something that's living and breathing on a page. Wes Anderson is one of those.

If Wes Anderson has a very strong cast, he can direct the minutia of that story and still manage to have something that lives and breathes.

If you always have to be watching yourself and judging, I don't think you're as free.

So I think (Obama) definitely has convinced people that he stands for change and for hope, and I can't wait to see what he stands for.

There is no shortcut to grieving.