When you write a character and their dialogue, you can't help imagining how you would be acting if you were them. You kind of have to relate to all of them. It's the most personal thing I've ever done.

What is important is that we stop and realize, "Okay. This is fine. I can enjoy that. But what is really important, what I'm really going to take away with me from this life, is my connection with other people.

The U.S. used to be perceived as the moral leader of the world, and we have absolutely lost that.

I just want to make beautiful, glamorous clothes.

Style. People talk about it being stylish and beautiful, that's at the service of the story. Style for me means nothing without substance and there are moments and things about the film that are stylish but hopefully at the service of the story.

Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.

A film should be somewhat personal. I think that whatever you create you have to be true to yourself and create something that feels right to you.