On parochial school I was told I had an overabundance of original sin.

I'm a native New Yorker. Everything to do with New York feels like my family.

When you run into someone in NY it is usually a pleasant surprise. When you run into someone in LA you usually had a car accident.

I'm always trying to have a good time on set because that's when things happen. That's when you're playful.

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.

Certainly, if more people were smoking instead of drinking, people don’t get mean on weed, don’t beat up their wives on weed, and don’t drive crazy on weed. They just get hungry, don’t go out of the house, or laugh a lot. I think it would make for a much more gentle world.

I always think that the difference between film and theater is like the difference between masturbation and making love. Because, in film, you just have to get one moment right; you're practically by yourself. And in theater, you actually have to have a relationship with the audience.