I've always said that I myself am not the best audience for my own work, because I'm just not that receptive to comedy.

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

I love working with actors. I do.

Artwork can be a portal, a kind of rethinking and reseeing of the world as we live it.

Compromise is part and parcel of making a movie. It's a question of the kinds of compromises that you have to make.

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually it’s because they recognize me, and they say nice things.

I think success is a lot more healthy than failure.